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Review finds hundreds blocked by voter ID laws
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| Contributor | DFWDem |
| Last Edited | DFWDem Jul 09, 2012 10:27am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Jul 09, 2012 10:25am |
| Description | As more states put in place strict voter ID rules, an AP review of temporary ballots from Indiana and Georgia, which first adopted the most stringent standards, found that more than 1,200 such votes were tossed during the 2008 general election.
During sparsely attended primaries this year in Georgia, Indiana and Tennessee, the states implementing the toughest laws, hundreds more ballots were blocked.
The numbers suggest that the legitimate votes rejected by the laws are far more numerous than are the cases of fraud that advocates of the rules say they are trying to prevent. Thousands more votes could be in jeopardy for this November, when more states with larger populations are looking to have similar rules in place. |
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