February 8, 2012
SCOTT KEYES, THINK PROGRESS
A bill that would require all New Mexico voters to present certain forms of photo identification or be barred from voting died in committee today. The legislation was voted down along party lines — three Democrats opposed, two Republicans supported — in the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee. Though this was the fourth time in as many years that voter ID failed to pass in New Mexico, the bill’s main sponsor, Rep. Dianne Hamilton (R) pledged to re-introduce it again in 2013 if re-elected. According to Project Vote, “Hamilton claims that she does ‘believe with all my heart there’s a great deal of voter fraud,’ but state officials say there is no evidence of a problem.”
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