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1 October
6:54 pm

The Atwood Commission spent much of a year studying voter ID laws and concluded that a voter ID law adds so little additional security but imposes such a greater burden on the voters that it wasn't worth pursuing.

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Matt Dunlap, at Maine 2nd Congressional District General Election Debate (WMTW)

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Why we checked itSpecific claim about the findings of a named commission (Atwood Commission) regarding voter ID laws — verifiable against the commission's actual report and conclusions.
What we foundThe Atwood (2012 Elections) Commission did spend roughly eight to nine months studying voter ID and concluded by a 4-to-1 vote that its negatives outweigh its benefits and that a voter ID system should not be pursued in Maine, which is substantively consistent with Dunlap's characterisation.
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