Quote Originally Posted by Dreadnaught View Post
The issue is taking a common-sense law (you need to identify yourself before you vote) and hyping-up the issue into a veritable civil rights issue. African Americans have higher-than-ever voter participation rates, actually exceeding whites in 2012.
This would be a fair argument if presidents and legislators in the US were elected directly on the basis of nationwide popular vote results. But they're not, so the argument is not persuasive. You should look at effects on turnout and influence at eg. the state level or lower, and compare states with restrictive laws and policies with states that have more permissive ones. If votes are suppressed more in some states than in others, due to restrictive laws and policies, then that should, I think, be regarded as a civil rights issue.