Election Law Blog noticed an “interesting” addition to the proposed immigration “compromise”:
Notwithstanding the requirements of section 303(b), each State shall require individuals casting ballots in an election for Federal office in person to present a current valid photo identification issued by a governmental entity before voting.
True, there’s also language in the bill to help states get IDs into the hands of folks who need them, but that doesn’t address the fact that folks without ID’s are more likely to lean a certain way politically, that some of the elderly and disable have issues with acquiring identification, and that there are a few religious groups that have issues with being required to carry photo identification.
Might as well just barcode everybody and be done with it, I guess.