Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Supreme Court Voter Fraud Cases and Reactions

Important Case to follow:
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/today-at-the-supreme-court-1908/

Views on case and issues:
The New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/01/14/080114ta_talk_toobin

Slate.dot.com editorial board: http://www.slate.com/id/2181573/

And the New York Times, last month:
http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/will-the-supreme-court-decide-the-2008-election/
"At first blush, voter ID laws may not seem so unreasonable. But the fact is, a substantial number of Americans who are registered to vote do not have official government photo IDs. That is particularly true of poor people, racial minorities, the elderly, and the disabled — many of whom do not drive and do not have drivers’ licenses.
The state claims it wants to deter vote fraud by ensuring that no one impersonates a registered voter at the polls. But there is no evidence of this occurring in Indiana. No one in the state has ever been prosecuted for in-person voter fraud."

food for thought, and it's bitter fruit.

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