Voter ID law going before US Supreme Court today. -- This is BIG, folks!

The epitome if mass voter suppression.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080107/LOCAL19/801070387/1006/LOCAL

January 7, 2008

Voter ID law going before high court
State says it prevents fraud; critics call law an unnecessary burden
By Maureen Groppe
Star Washington Bureau
January 7, 2008

WASHINGTON -- When Faye Buis-Ewing realized she needed a government-issued photo ID to vote in 2006, the retiree left her West Lafayette polling place and tried to get an Indiana identification card.

Buis-Ewing, who spends part of the year in Florida, did not have an Indiana driver's license, and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles said she could not use her Social Security card to get an Indiana identity card.

Her birth certificate also was unacceptable because it did not have her married name. Showing a utility bill would not work, as the bills come in her husband's name.

Buis-Ewing, 72, had to travel to the Social Security office for a statement verifying her identity, return to the BMV to get her identity card and -- four hours after she first tried to vote -- go back to the polling place, where workers gave her a standing ovation for her determination.

Opponents of Indiana's voter ID law, which the Supreme Court will take up Wednesday, say the experiences of Buis-Ewing and others show why the law is an unconstitutional burden on voters, particularly on the poor, the elderly, minorities and others who might be less likely to have a driver's license and more likely to vote Democratic.

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Thanks for the heads-up!

...no surprise. My guess is the Supremes will endorse this bit of vote supression.

I wonder if America ever WAS a real democracy-it sure as hell isn't now, and is becoming less so every day.