Mark Robinson knows a thing or two about the political appeal of voter ID. After all, he became North Carolina's first ever African-American lieutenant governor last November running as a Republican who vowed to restore voter identification for the state's elections.
So Robinson chafes when he hears national Democrats like Joe Biden and Stacey Abrams claim that asking for an ID to vote is as disenfranchising as the voter suppression tactics of the Jim Crow era.
Voters nationwide overwhelmingly support voter ID as an election integrity measure.
Former football star Herschel Walker - viewed by some as a possible 2022 Senate candidate in Georgia - joined the chorus, saying the focus should be on getting black voters ID and not on criticizing the law.
"The data seems clear: A majority of Black Americans support voter ID laws," the op-ed argued.
Vernon Jones, a former Democrat, is now running for Georgia governor as a Republican and argues the state's new voter law is essential to protect real black voters from having their ballots nullified by cheaters.
Robinson, the North Carolina governor, believes the argument that voting comes with the responsibility to ensure all lawful-only votes count is beginning to win the debate.
Monday, April 26, 2021
Growing number of black leaders embrace voter ID, reject Biden's Jim Crow claims
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