Republicans in the North Carolina state Senate introduced voter identification legislation Thursday that’s even more restrictive than a version passed by the state House earlier this year, the Charlotte Observer reported.
The state Senate bill, which would take effect in the 2016 election, removed half of the forms of identification allowed under the state House’s legislation, such as cards from the University of North Carolina system of colleges, state community colleges, local governments, private employers and law enforcement agencies.
Under the proposal outlined by state Senate Republicans, seven types of government-issued identifications would be accepted, namely driver’s licenses, passports, non-driver IDs and military or veteran cards. The state’s legislative session ends next week.
