Study: Voter ID laws cut turnout by blacks, young.

[elleng]

States that stiffened their voter identification laws saw drops in election turnout, with disproportionate effect on blacks and younger people, according to a nonpartisan congressional study released Wednesday.

As of June, 33 states had enacted laws obligating voters to show a photo ID at the polls, the study said. Republicans say that requirement will reduce fraud, but Democrats insist the laws are a GOP effort to reduce Democratic turnout on Election Day.

The report by the Government Accountability Office was released less than a month before elections that will determine which party controls Congress.

The study found that election turnout in Kansas and Tennessee — which tightened voter ID requirements between the 2008 and 2012 elections — dropped more steeply than it did in four states that didn't change their identification requirements.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1dba56c5f8f7430f859748aff4405b10/study-voter-id-laws-cut-turnout-blacks-young

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Well, yeah. Isn't that the whole reason for those laws?

[sakabatou]

2. People Republicans don't want voting

[Gothmog]

3. Sen. Bernie Sanders is responsible for this study

Thank you Senator Sanders

[Third Doctor]

4. This

is what they are trying to do. I just saw a voter id commercial with a black actor featured in it (Alabama). I guess they are trying to cover up what they are actually doing.

[Blue_Tires]

5. Don't think for a second that there isn't a connection between this

and all the "Dems have no chance of winning" stories being promoted on DU be a select few...