[M-P]State Election Board supports voter ID requirement
The official state Election Board voted yesterday to require some form of voter identification at the polls. The vote occurred at an Elections Board meeting where the three members of the board were all present - Attorney General Jim Hood, Secretary of State Eric Clark, and Governor Haley Barbour. The Election Board said the federal court order can be implemented before next year’s elections.
On Governor Barbours motion, and with the support of Secretary of State Clark, the board voted to file a motion in a federal lawsuit calling for voter ID in state elections.
Attorney General Jim Hood abstained from voting on Governor BarbourҒs motion, saying he was representing the Mississippi Legislature in the lawsuit, although the Legislature is not a defendant in the lawsuit.
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