[Cincinatus' Wife]

The latest exchange began June 4, 2015 when Clinton, who is the leading Democratic presidential candidate, criticized Walker and three other GOP contenders in a speech at Texas Southern University in Houston for their support of voter ID laws. She claimed Walker had cut back early voting in Wisconsin and made it harder for college students to vote. We rated that Mostly True.

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Clinton said Walker "cut back early voting and signed legislation that would make it harder for college students to vote."

Legislation signed by Walker reduced the number of days allowed for so-called early voting, in which voters cast absentee ballots at a municipal clerk's office before Election Day, but the blanket claim about college students overstates those changes.

Some provisions could make it more difficult for certain college students to vote -- if, for example, they don't have a Wisconsin drivers license, or moved to Wisconsin less than 28 days before an election.

For a statement that is accurate but needs clarification, our rating is Mostly True."

[Pollster1]

Keep in mind that most vote fraud is done through absentee voting. It’s still worthwhile to require ID for early voting and Election Day voting, but we also have to require ID (or, for example, fingerprints) for absentee ballots.

[exDemMom]

When asked for evidence that photo ID laws make it easier to vote, a Walker aide pointed to a modest increase in voter turnout in Wisconsin since the law was passed.

Indeed, some studies, such as one from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, suggest photo ID laws may have contributed to a decrease in voter turnout in some states.

Voter ID laws probably have both effects. They could increase voter turnout among those who sense that their votes prior to the laws were canceled out by voter fraud, while decreasing turnout by those committing the fraud.

In 2012, more than 9 in 10 registered Wisconsin voters were estimated to have a valid form of photo ID. That left around 300,000 registered voters without a photo ID at the time. Mayer, who conducted the estimate, said it is unknown how many unregistered voters may lack the proper documents to obtain a free, state-issued ID.

I do not believe those numbers. Considering the number of activities that require some form of ID, it is hard to imagine that *anyone* (of voting age) does not have ID. I think those "estimates" were pulled out of the air, like many "estimates" that leftists toss around to advance their agenda.

As for the "harder to cheat" portion, Mayer conceded photo ID laws could be effective against in-person voter fraud. But he and others note that there have been few documented cases of in-person voter fraud.

Considering that voter fraud overwhelming works in Democrats' and other socialists' favor, do we really expect cases of voter fraud to be documented? You hear the stories every election--for example, about boxes of voted ballots miraculously being "found," giving the victory to the Democrat. What Democrat, having won by fraud, is eager to document that fraud? For them, the ends justifies the means.

I also don't buy the meme that voting needs to be made easier. I don't want people voting who are too lazy to take time to read the issues and study the candidates--i.e. the people who "benefit" from easy voting.

[1010RD]

Politifact is a lieberal outfit. Mostly true = partly lie.

[Savage Beast]

Perhaps, but America’s Rulers want to keep it easy to cheat.