The American Values Alliance has an interesting post about how Indiana’s Photo ID law disenfranchises voters. And not in the obvious way. Voters who are unwilling or unable to present the state or federally issued ID can still vote by mail-in absentee ballot (which calls into question the effectiveness and fairness of the Photo ID law in the first place.)
But, as we’ve seen in the Mahern/Elrod race, even if the absentee voter does everything that’s required of him or her, that person’s vote may not be counted based on the incompetence or obstinancy of election officials who fail to deliver the ballot to the polls before they close at 6 p.m.
[tags]Indiana politics, Photo ID, voting, Mahern, Elrod, American Values Alliance[/tags]
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