Human Events cites to some statistics on how the new photo ID law worked in Tennessee:
The share of voters who did not have their provisional ballot counted
because they lacked photo ID comes to roughly .02 percent of all votes
cast.
One additional fact that got my attention was the fact that of the 674 out of 2.45 million voters, 178 returned with the necessary ID.
The answer appears to be no. This article at ProPublica.org looks at the new voter ID laws in New Hampshire, Tennessee, and Virginia and whether there was any impact on turnout and the administration of the election. The statistics show there were little to no impact on either. In Pennsylvania, while the voter ID law was not in full effect, statistics may be gleaned because of the requests for voter ID.
Some examples: Out of 2.74 million voters in Tennessee, only 674 failed to bring in photo ID.
In Virginia, there were only 543 voter ID provisional ballots statewide out of 3.6 million voters. In New Hampshire, less than 1% and probably much lower filled out voter affidavits in lieu of a photo ID.
Tony Lee at Breitbart covers the Voting Rights Act lawsuit in Guam which I have brought on behalf of Major Dave Davis, along with the Center for Individual Rights. The oral arguments are now available online in audio form. When I figure out how to post them here, I will.
Long lines? Yes, but not the first time for the Republic. Do improvements need to be made to reduce the lines? Yes. However, individuals with no experience in the actual running of elections want to nationalize our nation’s elections.
While the federalization of all elections may be easy political rhetoric, local election officials do not believe that putting the federal government in control of our elections process is a prudent course of action. The representative of the National Association of Election Officials explained why he believes it is pure folly:
Having the federal governmenthere.
Long-time Maryland Republican Representative Roscoe Bartlett is outspent 3 to 1 and loses by 20 points in his newly configured district that came with a bow from the Maryland Democratic Party. link
Election results show that a new House district supposedly drawn to
preserve Native voting power in the Interior was actually a gerrymander
that shifted Democrats out of Fairbanks and diluted the Native vote, a
complaint to the Alaska Supreme CourtMore here.
Interesting note out of New Orleans, Louisiana: The overseas military votes were counted Tuesday morning. They padded a slim victory to extend the tolls on the Crescent City Connection. The margin of victory went from eight to 16 votes.
Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday acknowledged the need for changes to
Florida’s voting system and announced the first steps to address the
long waits at the polls and drawn-out counting of ballots that marked
last week’s election. Link
That was the issue in the United States District Court in Guam today.