Saturday, July 18, 2015

Voter ID: Other Countries Require It

Voter ID: Other Countries Require It | National Review Online:
What the rest of the world calls an anti-fraud measure, Democrats call racist. 
It’s been over seven years since the Supreme Court, in a 6–3 decision that was written by liberal favorite John Paul Stevens, declared that voter-ID laws don’t constitute an undue burden on people attempting to vote.
But that hasn’t stopped liberals from fighting in legislatures and courts against those laws and other efforts to promote voter integrity.
The lawsuits are often brought by Marc Elias, who doubles as the attorney for Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
And their efforts have paid off:
Only about 18 states currently require a photo ID to vote.
Last month, the New York Times reported that billionaire liberal George Soros was largely bankrolling the multi-million-dollar effort.
Democratic-party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has accused Republicans of trying to bring back Jim Crow because “photo I.D. laws, we think, are very similar to a poll tax.” 
Almost all industrialized democracies — and most that are not — require voters to prove their identity before voting...
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