Thursday, August 24, 2006

Who needs an ID? Depends on who you ask

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - State Revenue Director Trish Vincent says the secretary of state's estimate that 240,000 people could be lacking a photo ID needed to vote is overblown.

Secretary of state Robin Carnahan's office said last week that it compared voter registration lists with revenue data on those with a driver's license or state identification card to arrive at the total. Carnahan acknowledged the list could have some errors and today says the exact figure of voters lacking an ID is not important, but it's clear many do.

Vincent says her office did a random sample of 100 names on the list and found 20 that do have a driver's license, permit or ID card.

She offered to run the secretary of state's results against the revenue system to eliminate some who have an ID, and Carnahan says she'll accept the offer.

1 comment:

The Libertarian Guy said...

That's partly the reason the state of Washington has a Democrat governor... if it weren't for the vote fraud, she'd be doing something else right now.