As North Carolina’s tweaked voter ID law heads to Gov. Pat McCrory’s desk, it’s a little surprising to see a newspaper —the Burlington Times-News specifically —editorialize on voter fraud:
Voter fraud while not widespread is also not imaginary. But labeling reasonable efforts to ensure that fraud doesn’t taint elections as voter suppression isn’t exactly accurate either. And loading the voter rolls with the names of people who don’t care enough about their civic duty to provide county officials with a name and correct address is an open invitation to fraud.
True the Times-News may be more conservative than your average daily newspaper, but still…..