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lsandersonJason Marisam: Voter ID bill - a solution in search of a problem?
If you think about it, the kind of fraud being targeted is quite unlikely.
By JASON MARISAM
Last update: January 30, 2011 - 6:01 PM
If you think about it, the kind of fraud being targeted is quite unlikely.
By JASON MARISAM
Last update: January 30, 2011 - 6:01 PM
Commentary
The Minnetonka-based Datacard Group makes some pretty nifty machines that can scan voter identification cards and upload voter data to a centralized database.
Republicans want to fight voter fraud by installing these machines in precincts throughout Minnesota and requiring poll workers to scan voters' ID cards before allowing them to cast ballots.
Perhaps the best that can be said about this proposal is that it would be a waste of the estimated $20 million needed to purchase the scanning machines. More
