Passage of the voter ID constitutional amendment this fall would
require Minnesotans to present a government-issued photo
identification at the polls starting in 2013.  But details on
much of the rest -- what kind of ID, what happens if you don't
have one, how much it would cost and who pays -- aren't clear.
And they won't be unless the 2013 Legislature passes a law on
the amendment and Gov. Mark Dayton signs it.  In the absence of
specifics, advocates on both sides have been forecasting what
the law would look like using a variety of sources -- the
language of a vetoed 2011 Minnesota bill, the experience of
other states, the intentions of the amendment sponsors and
informed guesswork -- often in combinations that bolster their
political argument.  Mary Jane Morrison, Hamline University law
professor and author of the 2002 book "The Minnesota State
Constitution: A Reference Guide," is a photo ID opponent. The
amendment is so unclear and so much is yet undetermined, she
said, that even photo ID supporters sho