July 23, 2012 11:54 PM UTC

A Voter Suppression Double-Standard?

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• by: Urban Snowshoer

Thoma’s Edsall in the New York Times writes that President Obama’s attacks are intended to keep certain constituencies from voting.

Criticizing the experience Mitt Romney claims qualifies him for the presidency is not okay, yet requiring every voter to present a photo ID-which would disproportionately affect Democrats-is fine?

I recognize that there are shades of grey in the Romney’s alleged accomplishments, as well as criticisms levied against him. Nonetheless, it’s a bit of stretch (if not a double standard) to suggest that questioning and criticizing-fairly or not-your opponent is really an effort to keep certain constituencies from voting.