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Insight: Scant evidence of voter suppression, fraud in states with ID laws

Voter Suppression

Democratic claims that a large number of Americans could be prevented from voting because of photo identification laws are probably overstated based on evidence from Georgia and Indiana, the two states where the laws have been in place for multiple elections, Reuters found... Data and numerous interviews by Reuters reporters also suggest there is little evidence to bolster Republican assertions that ID laws are needed to combat rampant voter fraud.

Senh: Looks like a case of "much ado about nothing" from both parties.

 

How states are rigging the 2012 election

Republican states are trying to make it harder to vote... An attack on the right to vote is underway across the country through laws designed to make it more difficult to cast a ballot. If this were happening in an emerging democracy, we’d condemn it as election-rigging. But it’s happening here, so there’s barely a whimper.

 

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