Under voter photo ID, a student from Iowa living in Minnesota would be able to use their Iowa drivers license with their old address to vote in Minnesota, while a Minnesota student attending a private university in Minnesota would not be able to use their student ID. That was one of the revelations from voter photo ID author Representative Mary Kiffmeyer (R- Big Lake) during a more than nine hour debate that approved her bill along party lines 72-62. The Iowa drivers license qualifies to vote in Minnesota because it is both "valid" and is "government issued." The student ID for a private school would not qualify because the government didn't issue it.
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