Now, I like Bill Clin­ton.  Except for his adul­try issues he was a great president–hands down bet­ter than any other recent pres­i­dent.  That said, his com­par­i­son of voter ID require­ments as a return to Jim Crow is over-the-top.  The laws, as I’ve read about them, sim­ply ask vot­ers to prove who they are.  These laws do not dis­en­fran­chise legit­i­mate vot­ers, nor cre­ate undo bur­den on any­one.  Seri­ously, how many peo­ple don’t have some form of identification–driver’s license, state ID, pass­port, etc.?  Besides, I think most or all of the states enact­ing these laws offer alter­na­tives to peo­ple who don’t have the required iden­ti­fi­ca­tion.  No legit­i­mate voter is likely to not be able to cast their vote.

Elec­tion integrity is impor­tant, whether to stop ille­gal aliens and other non-citizens from vot­ing or to ensure that peo­ple vote only once.  I chal­lenge any­one to show me one real per­son who can­not cast a vote because of these laws that would oth­er­wise be eli­gi­ble and empow­ered to do so.

See:  http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/06/bill-clinton-on-todays-jim-crow/#more-166464