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Duran withholds support for voter ID bill that doesn’t require photos (SF New Mex)

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Duran withholds support for voter ID bill that doesn’t require photos

Dianna Duran

Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 6:15 pm | Updated: 12:09 am, Tue Jan 27, 2015.

Duran withholds support for voter ID bill that doesn’t require photos By Steve Terrell
The New Mexican SantaFeNewMexican.com | 0 comments

Secretary of State Dianna Duran, who was re-elected in November after stressing her support for a photo identification requirement at polling places, is not supporting a bipartisan voter ID bill crafted by a Republican House member and a Democratic senator. Instead, she favors a more restrictive bill.

In a memo issued Thursday, titled “Secretary of State’s Office 2015 Legislative Priorities,” Duran’s staff wrote that House Bill 61, sponsored by Rep. Rep. Jim Smith, R-Sandia Park, “allows for something less than full photo voter ID.”

Read more here: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/duran-withholds-support-for-voter-id-bill-that-doesn-t/article_6c4dc8c5-2f48-5b34-9361-cb2ca40db93c.html