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Maybe if more of these things happen, the draconian rules around here will change.

Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) "found out just how serious elections officials are about the new voter ID law when he showed up to vote at his polling place," reports the Cincinnati Enquirer. "Even though" the poll workers knew "perfectly well" who he was, Chabot was turned away from the polls when it was deemed he did not have proper ID.

Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) also had problems voting, reports Think Progress.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) was also turned away from the polls because of improper ID, WLTX-TV reports.

And like this.

A California congresswoman said she was briefly denied access to a United Airlines flight last week because her name appeared on a "no-fly list" set up after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez, a Democrat who has been a critic of the no-fly list, said her staff booked her a one-way ticket from Boise, Idaho, to Cincinnati, Ohio, through Denver, Colorado. But they were prevented from printing her boarding pass online and at an airport kiosk.

Sanchez said she was instructed to check in with a United employee, who told her she was on the terrorist watch list. The employee asked her for identification, Sanchez said.

"I handed over my congressional ID and he started laughing and said, 'I'm going to need an ID that has your birthday on it,' " Sanchez said in a phone interview with The Associated Press.