“The voters in Missouri said: ‘It’s cool that you guys are going to confirm that our voters are citizens,’” she said. “And you can do that by a form of identification that may include photo ID. That’s very different than saying we’re going to exclude all of these other forms.”

The vote on the House floor Wednesday came after Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, a Republican, announced his bid for reelection days before by vowing to undo the court’s decision.

“I don’t care what the Supreme Court says,” he said at the state GOP’s annual convention, according to the Springfield News-Leader. “You all should make the decision, the people of the state.”

During the debate, House Democrats tried several times to amend the legislation so that eligible voters would be automatically registered when they receive a photo ID.