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IDs are racist? Really?

December 13, 2011

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3:05 pm

Rod Dreher

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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Rod Dreher is a senior editor at The American Conservative. He has written and edited for the New York Post, The Dallas Morning News, National Review, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Washington Times, and the Baton Rouge Advocate. Rod’s commentary has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, the Weekly Standard, Beliefnet, and Real Simple, among other publications, and he has appeared on NPR, ABC News, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and the BBC. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with his wife Julie and their three children. He has also written four books, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Crunchy Cons, How Dante Can Save Your Life, and The Benedict Option.

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