“Yet today, laws requiring would-be voters to verify that they are indeed eligible to vote are being challenged and overturned. This seems ludicrous to me. Convenience store operators train their employees to check identification before making tobacco, alcohol or lottery sales. Failure to do so can cost thousands of dollars; repeated violations can cause a store to be closed. But if you ask someone for their identification before they vote you could get your butt hauled into court.”  The National Association of Convenience Stores.