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In a blow to voting rights, Indiana's strict <a href="http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2005/SE/SE0483.1.html" id="wmw45" title="voter ID law">voter ID law</a>, which requires government-issued photo identification every time a person votes, has been <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/04/28/ST2008042802615.html" id="wmw46" title="upheld">upheld</a> by the United States Supreme Court. This <a href="http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/gen/35049prs20080428.html" id="wmw47" title="deeply disappointing">deeply disappointing</a> decision will undoubtedly give new momentum to efforts to expand voter ID laws in many states (<a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/SB/sb1150_engr.rtf" id="ega:" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>, <a href="http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills081/bills/hb1317.htm" id="rdth" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>, <a href="http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2008/2019.pdf" id="mqc8" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>, and possibly <a href="http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=4403&GAID=9&GA=95&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=34930&SessionID=51" id="al3f" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> appear likely to pass new voter ID laws in the immediate future). However, progressive legislators and advocates can take the offense in broadening the debate over the real sources of fraud and intimidation in our elections.<br id="j8q40">
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