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"Who are you?" asked U.S. District Judge Monti Belot.

"Ted Riley Floyd," the 28-year-old man answered.

"Do you sometimes go by the name Nathaniel James Levi?" the judge asked.

"I did for six years," he answered.

Before he pleaded guilty Monday to using a false name to apply for a U.S. passport in Wichita, Floyd lived under the name Levi in the Orthodox Jewish community of Lakewood, N.J.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday boosted legislative efforts to require Kansas voters to show photo identification at the polls.

But the justices' 6-3 decision also indicates the state would have to provide free voter identity cards to those who don't have acceptable identification.

Both sides in the Kansas debate over voter identification found something to like in the ruling, which upholds Indiana's voter-ID law.

The court decision clears a potential legal hurdle that may have kept some legislators from supporting Senate Bill 196, its chief proponent said.

But the ruling also signals that the justices are sensitive to the burden that photo ID requirements place on voters who don't drive, a leader of the opposition says.