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KELLY WIESE
Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A state judge struck down Missouri's new voter
identification law Thursday as an unconstitutional infringement on the
right to vote.

Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan was considering two
combined lawsuits claiming the requirement that people show a federal
or Missouri-issued photo ID at the polls starting in November was an
unconstitutional burden on voters.

Callahan's ruling bars the photo ID requirement from being enforced.
He said the requirement is a particular burden to women and the poor.
That's because a separate Missouri law requires those getting or
renewing a driver's license to show they are lawfully in the country,
generally with a birth certificate or passport.

Those whose name has changed, such as some married women, also must
provide documents showing those changes. While the ID to vote would be
free, underlying paperwork has a cost, and the judge said that's
unacceptable.


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