More:  Opponents make two claims: that, as is “seen by many” according to TPM, such laws are intended to suppress minority voting; and that such laws have the effect of suppressing minority voting. Hardy clearly agrees with the first claim, inasmuch as she characterizes voter ID requirements as an “assault on our ability to vote.” She provides no evidence for this claim, or at least none that TPM finds worth reporting, but then her audience probably didn’t need to be convinced.