TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The first election in Kansas under a state law requiring voters to show photo identification appears to have gone smoothly, but officials debated Wednesday whether the sales tax vote in Cimarron, in southwestern Kansas,  was a valid test of the new rule.

Voters in Cimarron overwhelmingly approved a 1.25 percent sales tax to finance a new municipal swimming pool for the community of 2,200 residents.  About 460 people voted, with 18 casting provisional ballots that won’t be counted until the county clerk’s office confirms their eligibility to participate.

Gray County Clerk Bonnie Swartz said most of the voters casting provisional ballots had moved to a new address since they had last voted. Only one person cast a provisional ballot because she didn’t have a valid photo ID, and Swartz said the voter had declined to bring one.

The law took effect Jan. 1, having been enacted at the urging of Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who argued that the measure will prevent voter fraud. Kobach traveled to Cimarron to observe the voting.

Some legislators and even Swartz questioned whether voting in a more populous area would give election officials a better indication of any potential problems. Cimarron has a single polling place, a 4-H building about a quarter of a mile from town, and officials had expected most voters to drive there — with their licenses a valid photo ID under the law.

Last month, the U.S. Justice Department blocked a South Carolina voter ID law.