This is Robert Scirocco bringing you today’s law bit.

 

You need a photo ID to drive.  You also need it to get on a plane, cash a check, and depending on your age, to prove that you’re old enough to buy a drink or pack of cigarettes.

 

But what about voting?  The U.S. Supreme Court will soon consider a case in which Indiana is being challenged for requiring all who vote in that state to produce a picture ID. 

 

The proponents of the law say that it will reduce the concern that shady characters using the name of dead people will commit voter fraud. 

 

Those challenging the law assert that the poor, the elderly and minorities will be less likely to vote if they have to use a picture ID, even if the government pays for it.  Such individuals, the argument goes, are intimidated by the thought of having to validate who they say they are at the ballot box.  But this argument makes no sense when you take into consideration all the other areas of life in which we produce such identification.

 

The U.S. Supreme Court will have the last word, so stay tuned.

 

This is Robert Scirocco, attorney at law, Budd Lake, New Jersey, bringing you today’s law bit.