More than four decades ago, as the Vietnam War raged, thecampaign for a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age from 21 to 18was fueled by the slogan “old enough to fight, old enough to vote.”Now some Americans who fought for their country long agofear that some veterans could wind up losing their right to vote as a result ofvoter ID laws. Veterans are speaking outagainst such a proposal in Minnesota, where Voter ID is on the ballot in areferendum.
Meanwhile in Texas a federal court struck down a lawrequiring voters to produce a photo ID. The court found that the Texas law violates the federal Voting RightsAct of 1965. But, as DallasMorning News columnist Wayne Slater discovered“that’s not stopping some pollworkers from asking that they show one anyway — and making it difficult if theydon’t.”
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