Since we have trouble passing laws that would require voters to present photo i.d. before voting, the chances of requiring anything beyond that are zero. I sympathize and empathize with the author of this piece, but he’s tilting at windmills.
Do you remember the famous picture of the guy in Florida holding a ballot up to the light so that he determine if someone voted or not? Can you imagine a picture of the same guy holding a picture ID up to the light to compare the picture with the lady waiting to vote? We will be seeing that soon.
How did we get by in our elections in our past? Did Americans bring pictures to vote for Lincoln, Coolidge or Eisenhower?
Why not have voters leave a thumbprint and a signature next to their names on the voter rolls? Why not also video record the entrances and exits to polls? Those changes could be made with no fuss, no muss and no lawsuits.
Instead, politicians design rules imposing a mandate that people buy a government ID knowing that such rules will produce nothing but lawsuits. Why does government always make such dumb solutions that never really work?