Some interesting news from North Carolina today: the sponsors of the new voter ID legislation have dropped the requirement to present a photo ID at the polls.
Voters will still need to show some form of identification at the polls, but rather than narrowing that list to only government-issued photo IDs, the bill would allow voters to use a voter registration card (everyone gets one in the mail), a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check and other documents as a valid identification.
If the reports are true, then this is some progress. But we aren’t home yet. Not on the list: student IDs. That’s a big problem.
If you are someone who thinks we shouldn’t be making it harder for people to vote, let’s be clear: This bill is a lot worse than the current law, which has been working for years and already penalizes anyone involved in voter fraud.
Tags: north carolina, student ID, student voting, suppression is un-American, Voter ID laws
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Gosh. It almost sounds like a form of censorship.