Good news coming out of Springfield today. According to the Daily Herald, the House Elections & Campaign Reform Committee rejected a proposed voter ID measure modeled after the recently upheld Indiana law. All five Democrats on the committee stood in opposition.
Rachel Shattuck's opponent in the 49th District, Rep. Tim Schmitz, supported the bill. He argued that "people have to show ID to get into the Capitol, fly and do numerous daily activities." He also suggested that voters can vote absentee as an alternative. Of course, like proponents of voter ID laws elsewhere, he offered no legitimate justification for why such a law was necessary.
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