“We’re used to Democrats’ trotting out the Republicans-are-racists trope
whenever they want to score a political point. But even we can’t believe
they’re doing it to block reasonable protections against election
fraud.

This week, Maryland’s Rep. Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 Democrat in the
House, claimed that “we are witnessing a concerted effort to place new
obstacles in front of minorities, low-income families and young people
who seek to exercise their right to vote.” Earlier in the month, NAACP president Benjamin Jealous declared that
“this is the greatest assault on voting rights, happening right now,
that we have seen since the dawn of Jim Crow.”

It all sounds so menacing. Except that these liberals are excoriating
Republicans for supporting what the vast majority of Americans agree is
a perfectly reasonable requirement for voters — that they show a photo
ID before casting a ballot.

This year, three states enacted photo ID laws, and three others
toughened their existing laws, according to the National Conference of
State Legislatures. In all, 31 states now require voters to show some
sort of ID, with 15 requiring a photo ID.

The requirement is hugely popular with the public — a Rasmussen
survey this June found that 75% of likely voters back photo ID laws,
including 63% of Democrats — which is hardly surprising given that
citizens routinely have to produce a picture ID to board a plane, buy
alcohol and any number of other mundane tasks.

Plus, the states offer free photo IDs to those who can’t afford them
and let people cast provisional ballots if they don’t bring their IDs on
Election Day.

Does this strike anyone as unreasonable?

Well, to liberals intent on politicizing everything under the sun these
days, voter ID laws are merely a Republican ploy to suppress turnout
among those most likely to vote Democratic — namely blacks, Hispanics
and the poor.”

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