LIVE VIDEO: MN Senate Debate and Vote on Photo ID Amendment

Watch live video here via The UpTake as the Minnesota Senate decides whether to put a consititutional amendment requiring voters to show photo ID on the November ballot.

The very early Wednesday morning on a party-line, 72-62 vote, after more than nine hours of floor debate.

If the Senate approves the bill today, general-election voters will decide by ballot referendum whether to amend the state Constitution. It does not need Gov. Dayton's signature.

On Wednesday, Roseville state Rep. Mindy Greiling, DFL, opposed the bill for the Constitutional amendment. She contended the measure would make voting more difficult for students, seniors and poor people. She insisted no one has yet come up with one case of documented voter impersonation.

Advocates say the measure would make it more difficult to commit voter fraud.

If approved, the photo-ID amendment would alter the system of same-day voter registration in Minnesota, likely with provisional ballots. Fridley has several precincts that reported having in the Twin Cities suburbs.

A similar measure in Wisconsin has proved highly controversial—and was recently struck down by a judge for a second time.

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Another proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage is already set for a ballot referendum in the fall.

A third proposed constitutional amendment—making Minnesota a "Right to Work" state in which union dues are optional—is making more unsteady progress in the state Legislature.

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