The Republican-controlled legislature in Arkansas passed a voter ID law Monday after the state House voted to override Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto, the Associated Press reported. The state Senate voted to override the veto last week.
Under the law, voters must show photo identification at the polls. The state must also provide a free photo ID to voters who don’t have one, which will cost the state an estimated $300,000.
The AP has more on the law:
While Arkansas poll workers must ask for identification under current law, voters don’t have to show it to cast a ballot. Under the new law, voters who don’t show photo identification can cast provisional ballots. Those ballots would be counted only if voters provide ID to county election officials or, before noon on the Monday following an election, sign an affidavit stating they are indigent or have a religious objection to being photographed.
