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State voter ID law is biggest fraud – and more letters to the editors

State voter ID law is biggest fraud

Kudos for the recent and excellent Times editorial on voter suppression.

Republicans are disenfranchising millions of voters, mainly Democrats.

As a worker in elections, I have seen how ridiculous the Tennessee law is.

An outdated driver’s license picture ID can be accepted, although it looks nothing like the voter. A valid student ID is not accepted. Further, absentee voters do not need picture IDs.

According to a Department of Justice study delivered to Congress, “Out of 197 million votes cast between 2002 and 2005, only 40 voters were indicted for fraud. … Since 2000, only 2,068 alleged voter frauds occurred from 146 million registered voters; only 10 were voter impersonation. … Between 2000 and 2010, 649 million votes were cast in general elections, and only 13 cases were in-person voter fraud.”