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For Democrats like Sen. Justin Alfond, of Portland, a bill to require a state-approved photo identification card in order to vote is a solution in search of a problem.
“There’s simply no evidence that voter ID requirement solves any real problems here in Maine,” he said. “People simply do not impersonate other people in order to vote.”
Alfond, the assistant Senate Democratic leader, led the party’s charge against the bill that other members of his party believe is being advanced at the behest of GOP state Chairman and Farmington plumber Charlie Webster and other Republicans on the theory that the policy will reduce Democratic votes at the polls.
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