And who gives a flying frack about "federal election laws?" As I seem to recall the only powers the federal government has are those delegated it in the Constitution, so lets take a look at what the Constitution has to say on the matter...
Apparently those guys in DC do, for some reason.
Seriously, this is one area where I personally believe that a good federal law (not the crap on the books now) is a good idea. If you leave it to each state to make its own laws as to voting requirements, you may end up with some serious inequities, and unfair elections. My opinion? Require a voter registration card, and then require that the card be shown to vote. Maybe put a photo on the card to minimize fraud risk. Require proof of citizenship to get the card (birth certificate, naturalization papers, etc.). It wouldn't fly, but that's my opinion.
