Success of Mississippi Voter ID “muddles” debate



ID opponents are befuddled by the success of voter ID – where is all the “voter suppression” they keep predicting?


 


The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi – a staunch opponent of the voter ID requirement – was ready to spend June 3 fielding complaints from voters turned away at the polls. As it turns out, they received no such complaints, an ACLU employee told CBS News…


 


Shortly after the implementation of a voter photo ID law in Georgia, there was record turnout in the 2008 presidential primary election, with double the number of African-Americans voting than in 2004 – when there was no voter photo ID law in place.