"Tennessee voters would have to show government-issued photo identification before being allowed to vote under a bill approved today.
The photo ID legislation, Senate Bill 16, passed 6-3 along partisan lines in the Senate State and Local Government Committee.
Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, said the bill is necessary to combat voter fraud, but Sen. Thelma Harper, D-Nashville, called the proposal “voter intimidation.”"
Voter ID bill passes state Senate committee
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