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Title: Requires Photo Identification to Vote
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that submits a constitutional amendment to the voters that requires voters to present photo identification prior to voting in an election, and specifies penalties for voter fraud.
Highlights:
- Requires voters to produce acceptable personal identification prior to being issued a ballot, and specifies that acceptable personal identification consists of any one of the following (Sec. A):
- A valid Missouri driver's license or nondriver's license;
- Photo identification issued by the Missouri National Guard, United States Armed Forces, or the Department of Veterans Affairs; or
- Any document issued by the United States or the State of Missouri which contains the signature of the voter, a photograph, and an expiration date.
- Authorizes voters who are unable to produce personal identification to cast a provisional ballot; however the provisional ballot shall not be counted until the voter returns with acceptable personal identification (Sec. A).
- Exempts a voter from the requirement to produce personal identification if the voter is unable to obtain personal identification as a result of one of the following conditions (Sec. A):
- Physical or mental disability;
- An inability to pay for the required documents;
- A sincere religious belief;
- The voter's driver's license was revoked after an arrest or summons, and the voter can provide the election authority with a copy of the traffic summons or temporary permit; or
- The voter was born on or before January 1, 1941.
- Specifies that eligible voters who attempt to vote at the incorrect polling place and refuse to go to the correct polling place when directed by the election authority may cast a provisional ballot at the incorrect polling place; however, the provisional ballot shall not be counted (Sec. A).
- Specifies that any person who knowingly signs any name other than their own to any voter registration application shall be guilty of a Class B felony (Sec. A).
- Specifies that any person who furnishes identification to an election official in order to cast a ballot with the knowledge that such identification is false shall be guilty of a Class B felony (Sec. A).
- Requires every individual who requests 50 or more voter registration applications, and who is not a deputy registration official, to be at least 18 years of age and submit the following information to the secretary of state (Sec. A):
- The individual's name, residential address, and mailing address;
- Whether the individual expects to be paid for soliciting voter registrations and if so, the identity of the payor;
- Whether the individual is acting on behalf of a group or organization, and if so, the identity of the group or organization; and
- The individual's signature.
- Requires the Secretary of State to provide individuals requesting voter registration applications with computer-based registration training or other registration training (Sec. A).
- This act shall become effective only upon the approval by voters of a constitutional amendment (Sec. B).