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Monday, September 26, 2011
Law - A solution without a problem?
A challenge to Indiana's voter ID law was rejected by the SCOTUS, but as more states move to adopt similar laws, the controversy about such laws continues. a long, widely syndicated, worth-reading story this weekend by Suzanne Gamboa of the Associated Press is headed "Voter ID laws target rarely occurring cases of fraud." A sample:
“I’ve compared this to the snake oil salesman. You got a cold? I got snake oil. Your foot aches? I got snake oil,” said election law expert Justin Levitt, who wrote “The Truth About Voter Fraud” for The Brennan Center for Justice. “It doesn’t seem to matter what the problem is, (voter) ID is being sold as the solution to a whole bunch of things it can’t possibly solve.” * * *See also this ILB entry from Sept. 15th headed "In 2010, Indiana ranked 48th in voter turnout."“It is something that happens in an instant and then it’s gone,” Republican Rep. Todd Rokita, who spent eight years as Indiana’s secretary of state, testified during a recent Senate hearing. “Witnesses dissipate. These are volunteer poll workers. It’s not a domestic violence case. It’s not something that leaves visible scars or bruises. It’s the kind of case that is very hard to prosecute. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.”
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 26, 2011 09:15 AM
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