HCS HB 900 -- VOTER REGISTRATION IDENTIFICATION

SPONSOR:  May (Taylor)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Elections
by a vote of 6 to 5.

This substitute requires persons registering to vote to provide
proof of United States citizenship.

FISCAL NOTE:  Not available at time of printing.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that current statutes do not provide
election authorities with a means to question someone's
citizenship.  Only United States citizens should be allowed to
vote in elections, because allowing non-citizens to vote opens
the electoral process to manipulation by foreign governments.  A
voter identification card is a "breeder document" from which
other false identification documents can be obtained.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Taylor; Stone County
Clerk; Mid-America Immigration Reform Coalition; Carlos M.
Rodriguez; and Missouri Catholic Conference.

OPPONENTS:  Those who oppose the bill say that it only places
more hurdles in front of persons who wish to vote and participate
in the electoral process.

Testifying against the bill was American Civil Liberties Union of
Eastern Missouri.

Julie Jinkens McNitt, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 23, 2004 at 11:14 am