That could be true, but I really don't think anyone has documented the frequency of these circumstances. There are, however, legitimate figures for the documented cases of voting improprieties and I would dare bet they are smaller than the ones that deal with complications in getting an ID. The numbers are, in my view, remarkably low. It really doesn't matter. If we could agree that we want to ensure that all citizens are provided the opportunity to exercise their right to vote and not disenfranchise legitimate voters then we should be able to give them a reasonable amount of time in which to secure an acceptable ID. We will have solved the problem. Do you remember when the rules from traveling outside of our country were changed and there was an instant backlog of applications for passports. In some areas it was as long as 6 months. That was with only the travelers making applications. The drop-dead date for the new law had to be broken down into smaller implementation sections and had to be extended to a date that was much further down the road.

Have you ever seen a job vacancy notification put out to the public and then you notice that the application deadline is three days out. You automatically know that the job is fashioned for a particular individual known to the person doing the hiring. If the goal is to keep a certain demographic from voting, you give them an unrealistic deadline. If this has been a problem for decades, why have a short deadline? My Dad taught me that if you are going to do a job, do it right.

Xavier