Fourteen members of Congress have co-sponsored a bill that would override a recent spate of voter identification laws, passed in more than a dozen states to require voters to present government-issued photo ID in order to cast a ballot.
Rep. Rick Larsen, a Washington Democrat, has introduced the "America Votes Act of 2012," which he and other Democrats hope will counter the wave of new voter ID legislation passed by Republican-led legislatures across the country.
The bill would allow voters to sign a sworn affidavit to prove their identity in lieu of providing government-issued photo identification such as a driver's license or passport. The voter would then be able to cast a standard ballot and not a provisional ballot, the latter of which can be contested or thrown out for any number of procedural reasons under current voting ID laws.
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