Wednesday, February 04, 2015
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/chi-the-effects-of-voter-id-laws-20150204-story.html
I had a thought about voter ID. In 2008, as voter ID was kicking in in Indiana, there were 1000 people robbed of their vote when their provisional ballots weren't counted. In subsequent years,
there have been fewer.
Maybe those would-be voters went out and bought passports and are voting now.
Maybe they became discouraged and stopped tying to vote.
Some have moved or died or gone to prison.
This is a set of data that could be tested.
Who voted provisionally in 2008 is a public record.
Their subsequent voting histories are also public records.
Sounds like a job for a political scientist.
I had a thought about voter ID. In 2008, as voter ID was kicking in in Indiana, there were 1000 people robbed of their vote when their provisional ballots weren't counted. In subsequent years,
there have been fewer.
Maybe those would-be voters went out and bought passports and are voting now.
Maybe they became discouraged and stopped tying to vote.
Some have moved or died or gone to prison.
This is a set of data that could be tested.
Who voted provisionally in 2008 is a public record.
Their subsequent voting histories are also public records.
Sounds like a job for a political scientist.
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