Associated Press
In the GOP, voter ID is a slam dunk … except in Nebraska
State Sen. Mike Groene was frustrated but not terribly surprised last year when Nebraska’s Legislature rejected, for the seventh time, a measure that would have forced voters to show a government-issued identification at the polls. The issue is a slam dunk in most conservative states, where Republican majorities simply brush aside Democratic objections to pass more restrictive voting laws. “It’s the way the system is set up,” said Groene, a conservative Republican who supports a voter ID law.
