The Voter Fraud Fraud

By ANDREW ROSENTHAL
NYT

Even in this cynical era of the politics of fear, obstruction and exclusion, I am surprised at the lengths to which some groups will go to put up barriers to voting.

Take what’s happened in Maine. On this Sunday’s Weekend Edition program, NPR said that for nearly 40 years, Maine voters could walk into a polling place on election day, register and vote. Same-day registration increases turnout and that makes elections more democratic. Those should be goals any American can get behind.

Not the Republican-controlled state legislature. This year, it eliminated same-day registration. The excuse was predictable – same-day voting was too much of a burden on municipal clerks and led to voter fraud.

Whether municipal clerks have to work hard is of no concern to me. Isn’t that what they are paid to do? No one is forcing anyone to be a municipal clerk.

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