During an afternoon Senate session, Sen. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, voiced the Senate's frustration. "I'm going to advise that if we don't know what their intention is, it appears that we're far away from where we were in May, that we go home and stop wasting the taxpayer's money," Engler said.
"We've met with both sides in the last week and we are actually making some progress, but we are going to keep, hopefully, the ball rolling," Sen. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, said during a Senate Financial Committee hearing. "I feel like if we don't, the progress won't keep rolling."
The Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee focused on elections. Senators Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, and Bill Stouffer, R-Napton sponsored the legislation, which aims to require voters to provide government-issued photo identification when they vote in a public election.
Sens. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, and Bill Stouffer, R-Napton, sponsored the bill arguing it would cut down on voter fraud. When the bill was still in hearings, Stouffer said they expected a precedent set in 2008 by the U.S. Supreme Court to help their case for constitutionality. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled a similar Indiana statute to be "... amply justified by the valid interest and protecting the integrity and reliability of the election process."
Jefferson County Senator Kevin Engler has sponsored the cellphone no-call bill from 2006 to 2008 but it died each time. He said legislators need to decide between peoples' privacy and politicians' campaigns.
Jefferson County Senator Kevin Engler has sponsored the cellphone no-call bill from 2006 to 2008 but it died each time. He said legislators need to decide between peoples' privacy and politicians' campaigns.
Sens. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, and Bill Stouffer, R-Napton, sponsored the bill arguing it would cut down on voter fraud. When the bill was still in hearings, Stouffer said they expected a precedent set in 2008 by the U.S. Supreme Court to help their case for constitutionality. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled a similar Indiana statute to be "... amply justified by the valid interest and protecting the integrity and reliability of the election process."
Jefferson County Senator Kevin Engler has sponsored the cellphone no-call bill from 2006 to 2008 but it died each time. He said legislators need to decide between peoples' privacy and politicians' campaigns.
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