As I said, in my state IDs were being provided for free.

You must not be in Indiana with the nuns, then, because the Indiana BMV says on their website that the cards are not free:

The Indiana identification card resembles a driver license, but has a non-driver label at the top. All ages are eligible to receive a state ID. The cards cost $13 and are valid for six years. If you are at least 65 years old or disabled, the cost is $10. If you can’t afford to pay for a state ID card, you may be issued one for free if the proper documentation is presented.

IOW, they could have gotten free IDs if they’d gotten all of the proper documentation in line and presented the right forms. Gosh, I can’t imagine why elderly and disabled nuns who may not have been born in Indiana would have any trouble getting their documentation together and trundling down to the BMV to get their free cards, can you?

The bigger group that was affected was students at private universities (students at state universities got state ID). There were dozens of students who weren’t allowed to vote (and many were not given a provisional vote) because they had the wrong type of photo ID (they had their state’s ID instead of Indiana’s).

If a politician is trying to commit fraud, the best way to do it would be have a precinct captain (and …) in your pocket. How does a voter ID law help with this? Also, remember that voter fraud is a felony so it’s unlikely an individual would try it on their own.

Despite Elections Canada telling politicians that instances of voter fraud is very low - now everyone needs id with photos and addresses. Cause of course, all the parties got on the stupid ID bandwagon.

The only funny part is that the Conservatives have recently discovered that this disenfranchises rural voters - their voting base. Hopefully that means that these new rules will get thrown out.

Wouldn’t an absentee ballot serve people who have a difficult time leaving their residence better?

“Also, there’s the objection that most of the forms of ID required (aside from if the state is mailing you voter ID cards) cost money to get.”

As I said, in my state IDs were being provided for free. Although transportation could be a problem for some, but if it’s a problem to get to the BMV then isn’t it also a problem to get to the polls?

Election fraud exists, and it is carried out at the counting level. The practice of paying ordinary voters for votes has declined to insignificance - bribing is now restricted to the legislator level.

By the way, 12 nuns in South Bend, IN were turned away from the primary because they didn’t have an ID. That sucks, but given that there were at least 6 months in which the Voter ID law was advertised and free state IDs were being issued at the BMV, why did they not get one?

You mean other than the fact that it’s difficult to get 12 handicapped and elderly nuns transported 10 miles away to stand in line for an hour to get an ID?

I’m sure it’s nice for you to be able-bodied, young, and have several hours to kill during which you don’t need a tube feeding or to have your adult diaper changed or colostomy bag emptied, but believe it or not, not everyone is like you. Some people even have jobs that run the same time as DMV hours and have trouble getting time off to wait in line, or have to take a bus for an hour to get to the closest DMV.