Early voting, voter ID proposal may be too big to pass

By David Catanese, KY3 News

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By Brian Vandenberg

SPRINGFIELD -- If you want to vote early in Missouri, you'd need to bring a photo I.D.

And that's probably why both legislative ideas won't survive the waning days of the 2009 session.

A joint House resolution would allow Missourians to vote a week early in statewide races --- but require a photo I.D. to do so. It's an attempted compromise between Republicans and Democrats.  But there's so much in the bill, the odds are it will fail.

Willard Rep. Shane Schoeller said the House will take up House Joint Resolution 9 next week and it will probably pass. The stumbling block will come in the Senate, where a filibuster is threatened.

And even if it does clear both chambers, it would then go to the voters to decide in 2010.

For more on the politics of the day, head to the KY3 Political Notebook.

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