By now you've probably heard the story about how the 98 year-old nun was turned away from the polls on Tuesday in Indiana. What you haven't heard mentioned is how that this incident proves that the law in Indiana works and that our democracy is preserved.
When the Voter ID law was challenged by the ACLU and others, we were told how that the poor and elderly would be harmed by the law and disenfranchised. On the surface, Tuesday's nun incident would appear to confirm their worst fears. Here, a poor, old woman was denied her right to vote because she didn't have a federally issued ID card. Shame on Indiana, right?
Wrong. What they don't emphasize is the fact that this law was well publicized and all precincts noted that ID would be required. The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles was open on Tuesday, and was even issuing "free" ID cards to those who provided the documentation. This nun could have met the requirements, but did not. The fact that she did not drive, and thus didn't have a driver's license is a personal choice. The fact that the sisters chose to ignore the law is again, a personal choice.
The law worked exactly as it should and the integrity of the vote was preserved. We should not be goaded into having sympathy for this woman simply because she is old, poor or a nun. The requirements to comply with the law were not over-burdensome. The failure to comply was a personal choice, as there was no legal or spiritual precept that would have precluded the nun from obtaining the proper ID.
We should be glad that our sacred vote is protected from fraud by Indiana's Voter ID law.
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