My donkey is feeling very sad today about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to allow the state of Indiana to require photo id at polling places. This law not only flies in the face of reason, but reeks of classism and racism.
First of all, there is practically no voter fraud in Indiana, and nationwide there's a bigger problem with not getting voting machines to work than people who aren't supposed to be voting going to the polls.
The Court found that it was not an undue burden on the poor and disabled to obtain photo ID. I think it would be interesting to take away the Supreme Court's driver's licenses and make them get a new one, using only a bus pass. The day before the election...an hour before the DMV closes.
What strikes me a the biggest crock of all is that those uptight little old ladies who run the polling places, who are intimidating as hell to newcomers as it is, will now be lording over people who will show up to vote for the first time, have left their ID at home, and go away disappointed and discouraged, maybe never to return again.
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