Mississippi Republicans say they have enough signatures to put a voter ID initiative on the November 2011 ballot.
State GOP Chairman Brad White on Wednesday said the party will submit the certified names to the secretary of state’s office today. That’s the deadline for the party to end a one-year effort to get registered voters to sign petitions.
White said the party has roughly 120,000 signatures certified by local circuit clerks. That’s more than the minimum 17,857 needed.
“A lot of people after the last legislative session said voter ID is dead,” White said Wednesday. “This is proof it’s obviously not.”
Mississippi lawmakers have fought for more than a decade over whether to require voters to show identification at the polls, with Republicans pushing the issue and many Democrats opposing it.
AP
2/11/10
Magnolia Tribune
