Yesterday, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson blocked Pennsylvania's Voter ID law, which required voters to show picture ID before being given a ballot. As usual in such situations, anti-Voter ID groups claim that the law would prevent many legitimate voters from casting a ballot, while pro-Voter ID groups claim the law would help prevent vote fraud. Each time I read about a Voter ID battle, I think of the first national elections (January 2010) organized and secured by Iraqis since the US invaded in 2003 and removed Saddam Hussein. To help stop voter fraud in a country with records and controls that were relatively crude compared with most US voting jurisdictions, voters were required to dip their index finger into purple indelible ink when casting a ballot. This was no guarantee that ineligible voters could not cast one ballot, but it largely prevented one person from casting multiple ballots. I am sure many readers will remember, as I do, pictures of Iraqis holding up their ink-stained fingers, proud to....
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