If the measure becomes law, voters could not use an employee badge or a buyer's club card. Other types of photo IDs like driver's licenses and U.S. passports would still be allowed.
The election bill, however, does not include a top priority of Secretary of State Kurt Browning: Changing the state's manual recount law to ensure that all ballots would be hand-counted if there is another close election.
Browning agreed to stop pushing for the change after election supervisors from large urban counties, including Miami-Dade, said there was no way they could do a hand count of all ballots under the current deadlines in Florida law.
It is still unclear whether or not the elections bill will make it to the desk of Gov. Charlie Crist.
The House has changed the bill to lighten the penalties for someone who does not follow one part of Florida's election law.
Sen. Lee Constantine, an Altamonte Springs Republican and chairman of the Senate Ethics and Elections committee, said the Senate would not accept the House change. He said there was nothing in the bill that was desperately needed for this presidential election year.
