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Updated: 12:12 PM Jan 26, 2012
SC legislators to discuss new voter ID requirement
South Carolina legislators want to require more proof of citizenship when people want to register to vote under legislation a panel plans to discuss.
Posted: 10:11 AM Jan 26, 2012Reporter: The Associated Press |
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Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina legislators want to require more proof of citizenship when people want to register to vote under legislation a panel plans to discuss.
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee plans to take up a bill Thursday that says citizenship proof can come from documents that include a driver's license, birth certificate, United States passport or tribal identification.
The panel also plans to discuss a bill that makes it clear the state Republican Party can pay money it collected to run the presidential primary last week to the state Election Commission.
The party has said it will give the state only part of the filing fees it collected.
The party backed out of plans to cover most of the cost of the high-profile primary after a state Supreme Court decision.
(Copyright 2012, The Associated Press)
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