It’s easy to get distracted when a young woman (Lena Dunham) does a video for a campaign in which she compares voting for the president to her “first time,” but both demonstrate a profound lack of judgment on the part of the campaign, and possibly even desperation. What is shocking is not merely that Pat Moran has helpful suggestions to commit voter fraud — it’s the absolutely cavalier way in which he discusses the issue, as though this is a normal conversation to have, and that this information isn’t all that hard to come by. If it were to happen anywhere, Virginia’s the perfect target.

Opponents of voter ID laws cite lack of evidence of voter fraud as reason enough to dismiss proposed solutions. But this conversation is fairly educational: How can you gather evidence of illicit behavior when the harmful activity is so easy to commit?

It’s easy to get distracted when a young woman (Lena Dunham) does a video for a campaign in which she compares voting for the president to her “first time,” but both demonstrate a profound lack of judgment on the part of the campaign, and possibly even desperation. What is shocking is not merely that Pat Moran has helpful suggestions to commit voter fraud — it’s the absolutely cavalier way in which he discusses the issue, as though this is a normal conversation to have, and that this information isn’t all that hard to come by. If it were to happen anywhere, Virginia’s the perfect target.

Opponents of voter ID laws cite lack of evidence of voter fraud as reason enough to dismiss proposed solutions. But this conversation is fairly educational: How can you gather evidence of illicit behavior when the harmful activity is so easy to commit?