"Civil Rights for me, but not for Thee"

[TalkingDog]

With no ID, Sen. Richard Burr casts provisional ballot (NC)

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article65555907.html

As of Thursday, nearly 600 people without acceptable photo ID had voted in North Carolina.

The state’s voter ID law became effective this year. Under a law passed last year, voters can attest to a “reasonable impediment,” which includes having an ID lost or stolen.

The law’s list of reasonable impediments includes: lack of transportation, disability or illness, lack of birth certificate or other documents needed to obtain photo identification, work schedule, family responsibilities, photo ID applied for but not received, and “other.” A voter checking “other” must describe the impediment, but can say that state or federal law prohibits listing it.

You hear that NC voters? You LOST your ID.

Edited to add: Of course, he is a non-student, white male, so he's got that going for him.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Why when you can just check any of the other general ones like "work schedule" or

"family responsibilities" which are encompassing.

[Igel]

2. I thought not being allowed to vote because you didn't have a birth certificate was

one of the big reasons for all the disenfranchisement.

What? You can claim that you don't have one and still vote just like a senator?


Am I missing something or was this part of the law it just wasn't expedient to mention, sort of a rhetorical anti-flourish?

[TalkingDog]

3. The impediments are convienently missing from all public discussions of the law.

I live in NC and did not know about them until this story. And I keep up with the news.