# Voter ID Laws: Necessary to combat rampant fraud or subtle subjugation of the Democratic demographic **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 24, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-id-laws-necessary-to-combat-rampant-fraud-or-subtle-subjugation-of-the-democratic-demographic/622971 "2012-05-24T17:25:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 726
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-id-laws-necessary-to-combat-rampant-fraud-or-subtle-subjugation-of-the-democratic-demographic/622971/726 "2012-06-11T16:22:19Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > No, no. I concede, you never complained, wailed, or gnashed. I made that up. you never said a damn negative thing about Massachusetts’ changing their law with regards to appointment of senators. > > Which was really my point. > **[Senator Kirk and the Constitutionality of Expedient Law Switching](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=535056)** > > The title of this OP is shamelessly stolen from the blog of Professor Michael Dorf of Cornell University’s School of Law. As is the subject. Basically, Prof. Dorf lays out the sequence of events in Massachusetts from 2004 to now: fearful of the... > [@](#): > > …The Pubbies bluffed, and got called. They refused any accomodation to the facts, and dared the Dems to commit a sordid and partisan act. The Dems called… I believe that the word “sordid” are widely accepted to be a “negative thing”. Your groveling apology is presumed, and gracefully accepted. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-id-laws-necessary-to-combat-rampant-fraud-or-subtle-subjugation-of-the-democratic-demographic/622971)._