Voting Rights Institute  The Real Cost of Voter Id Laws  An
Unnecessary, Expensive, and Intrusive Voter Restriction in a
Time of Fiscal Crisis  Across the country, Republican governors
and legislators are pushing unnecessary and suppressive photo
identification laws that would require all voters to produce a
specific current government-issued photo ID before casting a
ballot. Read the DNC Voting Rights Institute report on these
proposals here:   The Voting Rights Institute has studied the
impact of photo ID laws using the actual costs incurred in
Indiana and Georgia—the two states that have implemented photo
ID laws—and considered the cost estimates from 17 states where
photo ID laws were introduced this year.  In 2011, Republicans
have advanced photo ID legislation in at least 35 states. The
report concluded that if these 35 states enact a photo ID law,
they collectively will spend at least $276 million, and possibly
as much as $828 million, in the first four years alone. At a
time when states are experienci