A proposal that raises the prospect of New Mexico voters being asked to submit biometrics for voter ID in the future is headed to the Senate Floor after passing the Senate Judiciary Committee.Proposed by Senate Minority Whip Bill Payne, the memorial asks the Secretary of State to launch a a feasibility study that would examine the costs, feasibility, and benefits of implementing a voter identification system based on biometric measures.Payne last month proposed that the New Mexico's election officials consider using biometrics in state elections for voter identification.Payne said that introducing biometric IDs would counter the argument against introducing photo IDs for votes. Opponents say that photo IDs lead to so-called “voter suppression”, because minority, handicapped and elderly voters who do not normally maintain driver's licenses.”This could put to rest the criticism that voters cannot afford to produce reliable photo identification when they vote,” Payne said. “Everyone has an eyeball or thumb that could be scanned for identification. No need to produce a photo ID.”Oklahoma last year proposed legislation that would require fingerprint images to be stored on future voter ID cards to include photos as well as, but the measure stalled in committee.
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