The legislation requires first-time voters who register by mail to verify their identity when they vote.
One provision requires first-time voters who registered by mail to produce some form of identification, like a photo ID card, a bank statement or a paycheck.
But a dispute immediately erupted as Republicans and Democrats offered conflicting interpretations of the law -- in particular, a provision that requires first-time voters who register by mail to present identification at the polls.
Note that the Times requires first-time visitors to register to enter comments, but it only takes a moment.
Feinstein's approach, drafted with Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz)., requires first-time visitors seeking to come to the U.S. under the visa-waiver program to undergo biometric fingerprint and photograph screening at U.S. embassies or consulates in their home countries, rather than after they arrive at a port of entry in the United States.
Additionally, the bill requires third-time offenders or offenders under the age of 21 to be evaluated for substance abuse problems, and to attend drug education classes.
Lenders now require first-time buyers to put up a bigger deposit than was customary during the boom.
In 2011, the city of Bay Minette, Ala., required first-time misdemeanor offenders to choose between doing jail time and attending church weekly for a year.
David Flaherty, a spokesman for Commerce Bank, said that the bank had always required first-time buyers with mortgages of more than 80percentt of the home's value to take the course.
Norwalk is studying an idea that would require first-time applicants for public housing to test negative for illegal drugs, said Curtis O. Law, executive director of the city's housing authority.
ALBANY — New York State would make it a felony to drive while intoxicated with a child in the vehicle and would require first-time convicted drunken drivers to buy a device that prevents them from driving their cars if they have been drinking, under a bill passed by the State Assembly on Tuesday.
