Oh, no, that would be bad, surely

MSNBC.com has an article about voting:

"Voting's the most important thing we do;" said voter Joe Salmon, who turned up Monday to hear Republican's introduce the Voter Integrity Act of 2009. State Representative Tom Emmer, chief author of the bill, along with State Representative and former Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer, explained why the act is important. "When you increase public confidence, you increase voter turn out." Kiffmeyer said.
"If you show your ID in everyday activities, why wouldn't you show it on voting day?" Emmer said."The Voter Integrity Act of 2009 will serve as a safeguard to ensuring that every Minnesotan's vote is counted fairly."
In lieu of Minnesota's state Senate race and the claims that some votes were counted more than once, with this bill Republicans hope to eliminate voter fraud. "I think this is absolutely critical," Salmon said. He claimed that on voting day he met a man who had already voted in one precinct and was trying to vote again.
"There is no evidence of voter fraud in Minnesota;" said Dan McGrath, Executive Director from Take Action Minnesota. Take Action Minnesota is an organization working to break down the barriers that prevent too many voters from participating on Election Day. "On November 4th we received calls from people who couldn't figure out what they needed to register to vote," McGrath said. "If this bill is passed I think it will make an already confusing process more confusing... and will make it difficult for the elderly and other's who don't have a driver's license."
"Every law that has to do with voting will inconvenience someone in some way;" Representative Emmer said.
This bill was modeled after the legislation upheld by the Indiana Supreme court. Indiana is one of the seven states that require people to present photo identification on voting day.
"No consistent evidence that counties that have higher percentages of minority, poor, elderly, or less-educated populations suffer any reduction in voter turnout relative to other counties;" according to a 2007 report from the Institute of Public Policy that was conducted on voting in Indiana before and after the photo identification laws were passed. "Voters who don't have a valid ID will be provided with a free one;" Emmer said.

Rico says try cashing a check or buying alcohol (unless you look old like Rico does) without ID. This is such a no-brainer that he can't believe it's taken them this long to implement it...