Voter ID

Opponents of requiring photo identifications for voters talked against it for hours Wednesday, knowing their chances of stopping the proposal were slim. Just four of more than 30 witnesses at a five-hour Minnesota legislative committee meeting spoke in favor of the proposed constitutional...

ST. PAUL -- Republican lawmakers say they will push a proposed constitutional amendment early next year requiring Minnesotans to show photographic identification cards before voting. Sen. Scott Newman of Hutchinson and Rep. Mary Kiffmeyer of Big Lake on Tuesday said they are disappointed...

Is voter fraud enough of a problem in Minnesota to justify the expense of implementing a photo identification system at the polls? Would an Election Day photo I.D. system, such as that being proposed in legislation currently being considered by the state's lawmakers, prevent most...