Why Let old Nuns vote?

Indiana nuns lacking ID denied at poll, thanks to the new Indiana voter ID law a dozen nuns were turned away from voting in the primary election.

“One came down this morning, and she was 98, and she said, ‘I don’t want to go do that,’” Sister McGuire said. Some showed up with outdated passports. None of them drives.

They were not given provisional ballots because it would be impossible to get them to a motor vehicle branch and back in the 10-day time frame allotted by the law, Sister McGuire said. “You have to remember that some of these ladies don’t walk well. They’re in wheelchairs or on walkers or electric carts.”

Obviously, this is an extreme case but it illustrates the fallacy that voter ID laws are not an unreasonable burden on the populace. "The vast majority of Americans don’t realize that there are over 20 million Americans of voting age who currently lack a valid driver’s license, including roughly 10 percent of eligible voters." Disproportionately represented among this 10 percent are:

* The legally blind or disabled to the point where it is difficult or impossible to drive
* Older Americans who no longer drive
* Teenagers who can’t afford the cost of acquiring a driver’s license
* Poor families without the means to afford the costs associated with maintaining a driver’s license
* Millions of urban Americans living in cities with public mass transit systems who do not have driver’s licenses


The supreme courts recent decision in Crawford vs Madison County left the opportunity for more onerous laws and extensive litigation even though the defendants were unable to prove 1 case of voter fraud that the law was designed to preclude.

It seems that if you can't offer hope and opportunity the plan is to stifle the opposition by limiting their ability to vote against you.