Todd Rokita

GOP Rep: Voter Fraud 'Happening Everywhere,' But Prosecutors Wouldn't Take Cases (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | September 13, 2011, 10:35AM

An interesting side note to the Senate hearing on voter rights laws from last week: the author of Indiana's photo voter ID law is now a member of Congress.

Freshman Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) was Indiana's Secretary of State when the state passed a voter ID law in 2006 that the Supreme Court then upheld in 2008. At Thursday's hearing, Rokita launched a passionate defense of photo ID laws at the polls.

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