'Voter Suppression,' Debunked - WSJ.com: It is true that in some states, including Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin, laws requiring voters to show photo identification either were struck down or had their enforcement delayed until after this election. But according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 11 states had photo ID requirements as of Election Day, four of them "strict." If those states saw a drop-off in minority voter participation, we haven't heard about it.
As we noted last Thursday, the argument for the continuing relevance of the 1965 Voting Rights Act--the most dubious section of which is currently under review at the Supreme Court--rests heavily on the supposition that voter ID laws discriminate against minorities. If they do not have that effect, it may be that the problem of voting discrimination--which was, of course, quite serious half a century ago--has been entirely solved.
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