High Court wrong on state voter ID law - Gary Post Tribune

Requiring electors to demo a government-issued photo designation at the polls is unfair and anti-democratic.

The U.S. Supreme Court's fractured 6-3 opinion on Monday upheld Indiana's elector Idaho law, passed in 2005. Now more than states are likely to follow similar laws.

More than 20 states already necessitate designation at the polls, but only Hoosier State and Empire State Of The South necessitate government-issued photograph IDs.

On the surface, it may not sound too burdensome to be asked to bring forth a photo ID. Yet there are mediocre people and senior citizens who don't have got a driver's license. They're now at hazard of being turned away if they haven't obtained a state Idaho card.

The justnesses who supported the law said the state have a legitimate involvement in providing for "integrity and reliability" in the vote process.

Instead of restoring common sense, as Hoosier State Solicitor General Uncle Tom Fisherman argued before the high court, the elector Idaho law volition raise barriers for some people.

States began considering elector Idaho laws after the moot 2000 presidential election, won by Saint George Bush.

Secretary of State Sir Alexander Robertus Todd Rokita, the suspect in the elector Idaho case, praised the court's decision, saying the law would guarantee truth and protect votes.

But Indiana's law neglects the common sense diagnostic test since it doesn't necessitate a photograph Idaho to project an absentee ballot, where the menace of fraud is higher.

Voters who demo up at Tuesday's primary without a photograph Idaho will be allowed to project a probationary ballot that will be counted once their vote certificate are verified.

It's worrisome to believe that the law could maintain even one individual from going to the polls on primary day. The landscape have changed considerably since Seth Thomas Thomas Jefferson wrote about all work force being created equal. Nowadays, equal or not, they'll necessitate a photograph ID.