The Post and Courier has a story wondering why Rhode Island Democrats would support a photo ID bill if it was designed to mimimize Democratic votes.

South Carolina and Rhode Island are both among the original 13 states that signed the Declaration of Independence. Both are on the Atlantic Coast. And both have single-party-dominated legislatures that this year passed laws requiring voters to provide photo identification.

But the S.C. General Assembly is run by Republicans, while the R.I. General Assembly is run by Democrats.

Yet:

Five months ago in Rhode Island, Democratic Rep. Jon Brien made this convincing, bipartisan pitch for his state’s voter ID law:

“I think that party leaders have tried to make this a Republican versus Democrat issue. It’s not. It’s simply a good government issue.”

And reasonably verifying a voter’s identity simply makes sense.

Full story at the link