Sen. Richard Burr lost photo ID, casts provisional ballot

RALEIGH, NC (AP) – Count US Sen. Richard Burr among the voters taking advantage of an exception to the state law requiring an acceptable form of identification to cast a ballot.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that state elections records show Burr cast a provisional ballot and filled out a form explaining he couldn’t show a photo ID due to a “reasonable impediment.” The Republican from Winston-Salem then cast his ballot during the early voting period for the North Carolina primary

A spokeswoman explained in an email that the two-term senator discovered he lost his ID after arriving at the polling location, but then got a new driver’s license.

The state’s voter ID law became effective this year. Nearly 600 people without acceptable photo ID had voted as of Thursday.

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