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Toplines - Voter ID - January 2-3, 2008

National Survey of 800 Likely Voters

January 2-3, 2008

1* In most elections, are large numbers of people prevented from voting who should be allowed to vote?

17% Yes

53% No

30% Not sure

2* Okay? In most elections, are large numbers of people allowed to vote who are not eligible to vote?

23% Yes

41% No

36% Not sure

3* Should voters be required to show photo identification such as a drivers license before being allowed to vote?

80% Yes

13% No

7% Not sure

4* Does requiring a photo ID to vote unfairly discriminate against some segments of the population?

18% Yes

72% No

10% Not sure

5* The Supreme Court will soon decide whether or not states have the right to require photo identification from anyone who wants to vote. If it was up to you, would states have the right to require photo identification before someone is allowed to vote?

77% Yes

16% No

7% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence