I think it's more an issue of states' rights vs. federal rights.

The Tenth Amendment (Amendment X) to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791.[1] The Tenth Amendment states the Constitution's principle of federalism by providing that powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the States, are reserved to the States or the people.

Unfortunately, many of the states' rights as well as the peoples' rights have been usurped by the Federal government. In many cases, because some of these rights are said to be part of the "commerce clause" (which in some cases, is a real "stretch").

If "extensive studies" have failed to identify a single case of v***r f***d in NC, then I'd guess the studies weren't extensive enough. Over the years, most other states have found numerous cases of v***r f***d, including miscounted v**es, lost/destroyed/disappearing v**es, intimidation at polling places, and (most of all) v**es cast by persons not constitutionally permitted to v**e. The attempt to pass a law to require v**er identification was never intended to limit or complicate the v****g process for citizens. Yes, there is a small percentage of legal v**ers who don't have adequate documentation of their citizenship status, but seldom will it be necessary to expend great time or money to obtain a certified copy of a birth certificate, naturalization document, or passport. Where a citizen can make a case that such an expense would really be a burden, then we should make arrangements (using public funds, or better, private donations) to help those people get the proper documents. This can all be done far in advance of the next e******n cycle. It should NOT pose any substantial inconvenience to the huge majority of v**ers, and would pose a tremendous advantage to e******n officials who need to identify and block illegal v**ers. I congratulate NC on its purported lack of v***r f***d, but again, this is to prevent what has become a nationwide v**er-fraud scandal in recent e******ns. Most states are affected, including my own, WA state. We need to stop dead people and criminals and i*****l i*******ts from v****g. If the process of doing that places a slight burden on some of our poorer v**ers (both Democrat AND Republican), so be it...and again, we should be able to help them. But wh**ever the cost, it's a price we need to pay, to ensure honest e******ns in EVERY state.

If you don't object to jerrymandering, I do. Matter of opinion, I guess, but I don't like ANY party creating hugely stupid district boundaries to assure themselves a political advantage. It ain't kosher. In any case, with or without jerrymandering, in a country that uses representative democracy as a v****g model, there will always be situations where the majority of v****g citizens do not get their way. Get over it. Work to get out your party's v**ers to make sure that, next e******n, even jerrymandering can't muzzle you. I sincerely hope you succeed, because I don't want to disenfranchise anyone, especially through jerrymandering. Good luck.