[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

You have to hand it to Republicans. Time and time again, they identify a non-existent problem, scare everyone to death about the horrors that will ensue if said non-existent problem continues unfettered and then write a law or initiative that has ridiculous and unintended consequences.
 
Today's example is Indiana's Republican-sponsored voter ID law. The Indiana GOP frightened everyone with tales of nefarious people walking into voting booths and pretending to be a registered voter, thus stealing the franchise from the actual registered voter. How effective was the campaign to scare Indianans about voter identify theft? According to the Associated Press, Elizabeth Bridges of South Bend said, "I think the law is a good thing because a lot of people are crooked." And, John Parker III, noted "I think it's a good thing because I don't want anyone coming in and voting for me. Someone could come in here and just use my name."
 

[courtesy of Blog for America]

The Supreme Court continued its assault on, well, everything.  From the New York Times:

The Supreme Court upheld Indiana’s voter identification law on Monday, concluding in a splintered decision that the challengers failed to prove that the law’s photo ID requirement placed an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote.

Here is a link to the opinion and the dissents.

Danny

Communications Director