Voters who don’t have a valid photo ID to use in Alabama’s elections can get one free at county board of registrars’ offices. Alabama’s chief election official, Secretary of State Jim Bennett, said Monday that registrars’ offices in every county will be offering the free IDs, starting this week. The offices are open during regular courthouse hours, he said. In addition, the required photo IDs are available in the secretary of state’s office in the Capitol and, starting March 17, from vans that will be visiting all 67 counties…
“Voters, of course, ought to be who they claim to be,” the Republican secretary of state said.