{"id":20946,"date":"2013-11-10T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T22:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20946"},"modified":"2013-11-10T17:28:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T22:28:01","slug":"the-impact-of-voter-identification-laws-on-voter-turnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20946","title":{"rendered":"The Impact Of Voter Identification Laws On Voter Turnout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday National Review<\/a> posted an article about the impact of voter ID laws<\/a> on a recent election in Texas<\/a>. The article quotes a a New York Times<\/a><\/span> headline<\/a> Thursday stating<\/a>: \u201cTexas\u2019 Stringent Voter ID Law Makes a Dent at the Polls.\u201d However, the facts cited in the article in the New York Times does not seem to support the headline.<\/p>\n

There are four so-called victims of the voter ID law named in the article, but all of them were given the right to vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article at National Review further quotes the New York Times article:<\/p>\n

It does, however, note, \u201cOfficials also said there was little traffic at the offices set up by the state to provide free voter-ID documents for those without another approved form of identification<\/a>.\u201d So, in other words, the state had conscientiously prepared for the contingency of people needing voter-ID documents, and had set up offices to provide them for free. That\u2019s a good thing, right? And what\u2019s more, it turns out that there was really no problem after all. Contrary to the hysterical claims of those opposing voter-ID requirements, there apparently are not large numbers of Texas\u00a0voters who lack identification.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Texas\u2019s secretary of state, who might know something about all this, is quoted belatedly as follows: \u201cThis was our first statewide election with a photo ID<\/a> requirement in place, and it was smooth, secure and successful.\u201d Somehow, that pithy summary was not quite up to snuff for the Times<\/span>\u2019s headline writer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Consider the things you have to show identification for. If you want to enter any government building, you have to show identification. If you want to sign up for any government program<\/a>, you have to show identification. If you want to board an airplane, you have to show identification. Isn’t voting at least as important as those activities?<\/p>\n

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