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IDs are racist? Really?

So now the Attorney General is going to tackle the racist menace of states that require citizens to show state-issued photo ID when they come to vote. I swear, I will not for the life of me understand why expecting someone to prove that they are who they say they are when they turn up […]

So now the Attorney General is going to tackle the racist menace of states that require citizens to show state-issued photo ID when they come to vote. I swear, I will not for the life of me understand why expecting someone to prove that they are who they say they are when they turn up to vote is Kluckery on parade. I mean, I know this is all about exciting the Democratic base going into an election year, but still. Literacy tests in the Sixties — I see what’s wrong with that. But this voter ID thing is a mystery. I can even see thinking these laws are ill-advised, but honestly, does the AG have so little else to do that he’s making this a priority?

 

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