1.   Although a State might somehow demonstrate that its enforcement interests justify a more limited identification requirement, Ohio has not met that burden here.

2.   Civil rights advocates and members of minority groups demanded that lawmakers eliminate or revise the identification requirements.

3.   Republicans insisted on measures to prevent fraud, including identification requirements for certain new voters.

4.   The bill passed on Thursday retains identification requirements.

5.   The governors of both states later issued statements that the identification requirement would be the law in their states, and pledged to uphold it.

6.   The photo identification requirement goes into effect in five months.

7.   The Senate majority leader, Tom Daschle, D-S.D., said lawmakers would continue to work on the voter identification requirements.

8.   The electoral laws also give sweeping powers to government electoral officers and tightened identification requirements for voters.

9.   The government has put in place electoral rules that give sweeping powers to electoral officers and tightened identification requirements for voters.