[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7824]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                HOOSIERS VOTE WITH MORE CONFIDENCE TODAY

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, today America's eyes are turning to Indiana 
and North Carolina as tens of thousands of Americans are making their 
decision in primary election days. And thanks to the United States 
Supreme Court decision in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, et 
al., Hoosiers will be voting today with greater confidence than ever 
before.
  The Supreme Court decided last week in a 6-3 decision that Indiana's 
laws requiring photo identification to vote is constitutional. In its 
opinion, the Supreme Court noted, ``There is no question about the 
legitimacy or importance of a State's interest in counting only 
eligible voters' votes.'' It further stated, ``Indiana's interest in 
protecting public confidence in elections, while closely related to its 
interest in preventing voter fraud, has independent significance, 
because such confidence encourages citizen participation in the 
democratic process.''
  Indiana's laws had its critics in this body, but I rise to extol the 
Supreme Court and all of those in Indiana and North Carolina who, with 
greater confidence today, will exercise their franchise and guide 
America's future integrity.

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