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Identification for election purposes” means, if issued to the individual presenting the card or document and if presented for voting purposes, the name on the card or document sufficiently matches the individual’s name in the individual’s voter registration record so as to accurately identify the individual as the registered elector, or, if issued to the individual presenting the card or document and if presented for voter registration purposes, any of the following (click the flyer and navigate to pg 1/2):
Under both the old and current law, the photo identification would have to be issued to the individual presenting the card or document and, if presented for voting purposes, the name on the card or document would have to sufficiently match the individual’s name in their voter registration record so as to accurately identify the individual as the registered elector. Note that a person registering to vote must prove their residency and eligibility, which requires other kinds of documentation than the photo identification described within the law.
Under the law, the term also would include a current photo identification card issued by a local government. The bill would replace the list of accepted issuers of a current student photo identification card with an educational institution. It would define “educational institution” as a public or private institution, or a separate school or department of a public or private institution, that is authorized by law or an accrediting body to grant or issue a diploma, degree, certificate, or license, or to grant approval to practice a profession or engage in an enterprise, and includes, but is not limited to, an academy, high school, college, university, community college, junior college, secondary school, extension course, or a business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical, or vocational school.
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