MA Democrats: No Entry to Convention Without Photo ID
by Mike Flynn
In recent years, Democrats have argued that requiring voters to show
photo IDs prior to voting is an egregious act of voter suppression. Ben
Jealous, of the NAACP, has gone so far as to argue that such
requirements are tantamount to modern-day Jim Crow laws. In the world
they inhabit, lots of voters don't have access to photo IDs, so
requiring voters to provide this will "disenfranchise" them and leave
them out of the democratic process. Funny they don't feel that way for
their own party conventions.
On Saturday, Massachusetts delegates will meet in their state's
Democrat party convention. The votes of these delegates will determine
whether there are primary elections for their party nominations. With so
much at state, Democrats have decided to implement Voter ID requirements:

A PHOTO ID WILL BE REQUIRED TO ENTER THE MASSMUTUAL CENTER

Wait, what? Democrats tell us that photo ID requirements
disenfranchise minority voters, who, inexplicably, have limited access
to photo IDs. Yet, at their own convention, they insist that all
delegates provide a photo ID to even have access to the convention
floor. When their own party is at stake, it seems their priorities are
somewhat different that their rhetoric suggests.
If the Democrats actually believe the rhetoric from people like Ben
Jealous, then they have disenfranchised scores of potential delegates
with this photo ID requirement. If, on the other hand, they instituted
the photo ID requirement to ensure the integrity of the votes of the
party delegates, they should repudiate the NAACP and work to ensure that
their own rules carry through election day.
Voter ID is good for me, but not thee is not a winning campaign slogan.


http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/01/voter-id-ma-democrats-disenfranchise-their-delegates