The No Photo ID, Voter Photo ID Compromise
Well, that didn’t take long. Empowered with an overwhelming mandate from the people to govern with a rational, conservative bent, it’s taken the Republican majority in the NC General Assembly all of three months to scuttle the first semblance of rational conservatism.
Not sure how else you can read the so-called compromise being pushed on legislation that would require a valid, verified photo ID to cast a ballot in North Carolina. This from the Wilmington Star-News:
House Republicans on Wednesday rolled out a compromise of a bill requiring voter identification before casting a ballot in North Carolina that now wouldn’t always require a photo ID.
Got that: the compromise on requiring a valid photo ID to vote is to not require a valid photo ID to vote. That is the very definition of “compromise” in the minds of liberal Democrats, and now apparently conservative Republicans.
Rep. David Lewis, R-Harnett, chairman of the House Election Committee that’s hearing the bill, said requirements have been rewritten after complaints from Democrats it would discourage voting, particularly among students, older adults and the poor. They also said the bill would hearken back to days when black citizens were discouraged from voting.
Lewis said the new version attempts to persuade more Democrats to support the measure while protecting the election process to ensure voting is accurate.
“I think you’ll get a sizeable section of folks saying this isn’t so bad,” Lewis told reporters. “This gets us toward a little more confidence in the elections process.”
For some reason, I’m not feeling very confident.
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