House and Senate negotiators have agreed to take turns when it comes to legislation requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls.Negotiators agreed Wednesday that the Senate's version of a voter ID bill would be enacted for the elections this fall, and the House version would prevail after that.
If approved, a wide range of identification would be acceptable this fall — including student IDs — but in later elections, only driver's licenses, state-issued non-driver's identification cards, passports or military IDs would be allowed. Those who don't have photo identification would sign an affidavit and be photographed by an election official.
A spokesman for Gov. John Lynch said the governor has serious concerns about the bill.