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Some Government-Issued-ID is More Government-Issued Than Others

julia-carson.jpgSo Representative Julia Carson discovered when she tried to use her United States House of Representatives ID card to vote:

Carson’s card does not have an expiration date as the new law requires of valid voter IDs, and Indianapolis poll workers tried to reach election officials before allowing the five-term Democratic congresswoman to cast her ballot shortly after her polling place opened at 6 a.m.

From the ContaCostra Times, “5-term congresswoman Carson runs into snag with voter ID law” via Reason’s Hit and Run.