"Tennessee voters will be able to show Memphis library cards to cast ballots in the upcoming November election. A Tennessee appeals court ruled on Thursday that a state requirement that voters must show photo identification is valid, but said the library cards are acceptable."
I think the great state of Tennessee trusts its voters way more than they should. I cannot say that I have ever seen a Memphis library card (Hell, for all I know it could have everything from your name to your permanent record your second grade teacher was always yelling about on it), but allowing the public to use the library card and only a library card is damn scary. Just because you are in position of a library card does not mean you are in possession of your library card.
Of course, this could be a sly message to the rest of the nation that Tennessee knows where it stands. "We don't give a shit how you get a ballot," the Tennessee courts say, "Cause it don't make a fuck load of difference. We're votin' Republican! Red or dead, am I right, Mable?"
Then Mable shakes her head and goes back into the woods to mind the moonshine still and the ten children.
Memphis Library Cards Will Count as Valid ID at Polls - ABC News:
Memphis Library Cards Will Count as Valid ID at Polls - ABC News:
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