So there's been a lot of sympathy and gnashing of teeth on behalf of the Indiana nuns (one of them 98 years old) who were not able to vote in yesterday's primary because they lacked proper ID.
And hey, it's too bad. Me, though, I have a lot of sympathy for this view (from the article):
"Late Tuesday, Secretary of State Todd Rokita was unapologetic. "Indiana's Voter ID Law applies to everyone. From all accounts that we've heard, the sisters were aware of the photo ID requirements and chose not to follow them," he said in a statement released by his office."
Mr. Rokita is right. The law applies to everyone--even nuns.
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Showing posts with label voters; photo ID; vote fraud. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Good news
Details here:
"...the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that states can indeed require voters to produce photo identification in order to prevent voter fraud. “We cannot conclude that the statute imposes ‘excessively burdensome requirements’ on any class of voters,” Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in the majority opinion."
Finally, the way is clear to really crack down on voter fraud.
Citizens are required to produce photo ID for lots of things.
The idea that somehow it's an excessive burden when it comes to voting simply doesn't hold up.
"...the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that states can indeed require voters to produce photo identification in order to prevent voter fraud. “We cannot conclude that the statute imposes ‘excessively burdensome requirements’ on any class of voters,” Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in the majority opinion."
Finally, the way is clear to really crack down on voter fraud.
Citizens are required to produce photo ID for lots of things.
The idea that somehow it's an excessive burden when it comes to voting simply doesn't hold up.
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