{"id":3228,"date":"2013-04-02T08:46:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T12:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2013-04-02T08:46:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T12:46:11","slug":"arkansas-house-votes-to-override-veto-of-voter-id-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/2013\/04\/arkansas-house-votes-to-override-veto-of-voter-id-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas House votes to override veto of voter ID bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Flag_of_Arkansas.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3229\" alt=\"Flag_of_Arkansas\" src=\"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Flag_of_Arkansas.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Flag_of_Arkansas.png 250w, http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Flag_of_Arkansas-150x100.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers in Arkansas voted on Monday to override a veto by the states Democratic governor and approve a bill that requires voters to show photo identification at the polls, prompting an outcry from civil libertarians who vowed to fight the law.<\/p>\n<p>Legislators in the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives voted 52-45 to override Democratic Governor Mike Beebes veto, joining the state Senate, which had voted on March 27 to approve the new law over his objections.<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas will join nearly three dozen U.S. states that have voter ID measures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The laws are part of a nationwide effort by Republicans at the state level to prevent voter fraud. Critics say they hinder low-income and minority voters and are challenging the laws in several state courts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Arkansans will be well-served by this new electoral safeguard,&#8221; Republican Party of Arkansas Chairman Doyle Webb said.The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas is &#8220;very likely&#8221; to challenge the law in court and is looking at its options, Director Rita Sklar said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/04\/02\/us-usa-arkansas-voterid-idUSBRE9300HU20130402\" target=\"_blank\">Arkansas House votes to override veto of voter ID bill | Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican lawmakers in Arkansas voted on Monday to override a veto by the states Democratic governor and approve a bill that requires voters to show photo identification at the polls, prompting an outcry from civil libertarians who vowed to fight the law. Legislators in the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives voted 52-45 to override Democratic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,22,7],"tags":[1670,505,359],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3230,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228\/revisions\/3230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}