Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed a bill Tuesday that would require people to present state-issued photo identification to vote at the polls or to get an absentee ballot.

Republican lawmakers said the bill would help cut down on voter fraud, but Doyle said it targets more than 100,000 eligible voters who don't have a driver's license or state ID.

"I will not sign into law a piece of legislation that would strip the right to vote away from the elderly, minority members of our community, the disabled, the transient and the poor," Doyle said.

His office said more than 123,000 Wisconsin residents don't have either a driver's license or a state-issued photo ID. That includes 85,000 seniors.

The governor claims the photo ID registration plan would have cost taxpayers $850,000.

The Legislature approved the bill in June after amending it to allow people who don't want to be photographed for religious reasons to provide identification without photographs.

The bill would require voters to provide a photo ID card or a Wisconsin driver's license. People who vote by absentee ballot would have to provide a copy of state-issued photo identification.