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SB 3 - The act establishes identification requirements for voting. Voters shall produce a nonexpired Missouri driver's license; a nonexpired or nonexpiring Missouri nondriver's license; any identification containing a photograph issued by the Missouri National Guard, the United States armed forces, or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; or a document issued by the United States or the state of Missouri containing the name of the voter which substantially conforms to the most recent signature in the individual's voter registration records, a photograph, and an expiration date or if expired, the expiration is after the date of the most recent general election. Those appearing without identification who are unable to obtain one because of a physical or mental disability, an inability to pay for or obtain a document necessary to obtain the required identification, a religious belief against forms of identification or the voter was born before January 1, 1941, or had his or her license confiscated after arrest or summons shall be allowed to vote a provisional ballot, provided the election authority can verify the identity of the individual by comparing the individual's signature to the signature on file with the election authority. All voters whose identity cannot be established are allowed to cast a provisional ballot which shall not be counted unless the voter returns and provides proper identification. All costs incurred by the election authority associated with implementing the new identification requirements shall be reimbursed from the general revenue upon appropriation. The election authority shall provide advance notice of the identification requirements to be included in the election authority's elections notices. The state, including any license fee office, shall provide at least one form of identification required to vote at no cost to the voter. The state shall provide at least one form of document required to obtain the required identification at no cost to those who do not possess one. The act requires that provisional ballots be available for all elections except for absentee voting. This act is contingent on the passage of a constitutional amendment establishing voter photo identification for elections. Individuals who request fifty or more voter registration applications who are not deputy registration officials must be 18 and file with the Secretary of State the person's name, address, telephone number, whether the person is making the request on behalf of a group or organization, and a description of each group or organization for which the request is made. A signed affirmation that the information submitted is true must accompany the filing. Any person who knowingly signs a name other than his or her own to a voter registration application is guilty of a Class one election offense. Such persons will be guilty of a Class B felony. Persons who provide identification to an election official to cast a ballot with the knowledge that the identification is false shall be guilty of a Class B felony. Individuals who willfully and falsely complete any certificate, affidavit or ballot of another individual in relation to absentee ballots are guilty of a Class B felony. The Secretary of State shall provide computer-based registration training to persons making requests for voter registration applications This act is similar to SB 1014 (2006), SB 523 (2009), HB 1966 (2010), and SB 84 (2011). CHRIS HOGERTY
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