Arkansas House overrides Gov's veto of voter ID bill
Source: Arkansas Times
At 2:20 p.m., the House is hearing arguments from Rep. Stephen Meeks to override Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of the bill to require a photo ID to vote in Arkansas.
The bill is a carbon copy of legislation introduced nationally by Republicans for what some Republicans have acknowledged in moments of candor is expected to depress turnout among poor and minority voters don't possess driver's licenses, the most common form of ID.
Gov. Mike Beebe said the bill presented an impediment to voting, plus amounted to an unfunded mandate. I reprinted Gov. Beebe's eloquent veto message in my column this week.
UPDATE: The veto was overriden 52-45. I don't have roll call yet, but it sounds like Speaker Carter got the Democratic support he wanted so that a bipartisan label could be put on the vote. Three didn't vote. I'm guessing one of those was Speaker Carter.
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tom2255
(37 posts)without some form of photo ID. I have to show my ID for freakin everything.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)It's quite possible, despite your melodramatic use the word "everything"
And as the specific instances of voter fraud are so low, it's a better use of tax dollars to debate ways and means of wild reducing shark attacks in Nebraska...
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)one of Beebe's vetoes. The fascists are winning here.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)If they just require a simple majority, why bother giving the governor a veto in the first place?
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)right?
valerief
(53,235 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)In the meantime, the Republican bulls will be running loose in the china shop.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)will no longer be allowed to vote.
Calling Eric Holder. The VRA is being violated. Please send some DoJ people to arrest these traitors.
Blandocyte
(1,231 posts)so expect a lot more of this kind of crap. They won't settle for losing again. They spent way too much money backing Romney last time.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Maybe in 2018 or so.