We interrupt the education posts

to bring you some more on vote fraud. Today's headline: Voter ID bill could unfairly target some: More minorities lack driver's licenses than whites, study finds. To which I say, I coulda told you that for a lot less than your study cost . . .

But there's some good data here:

Among black males between ages 18 and 24, 78% lacked a driver's license, the largest percentage of any demographic in the study. Other groups in which a majority lacked a driver's license were black males of any age (55% lack a license); Hispanic women of any age (59%); and black women, Hispanic men and Hispanic women between ages 18 and 24 (all between 57% and 66%). [. . .] By contrast, only 17% of white men and white women of voting age in Wisconsin lack a driver's license. [. . .]

Several observers said the study confirmed what anecdotal evidence had suggested about which Wisconsinites don't carry a state-issued photo ID and, presumably, would be affected if state law required one to vote. [. . .]

Pawasarat's study says not having a driver's license is a bigger obstacle to getting a job than not having a high school diploma but no one had developed a nuanced understanding of how severe that issue was for specific segments of the population until now. Three-fourths of the job opportunities in the Milwaukee area, he notes, are in suburbs and outlying counties that are hard to reach by public transportation, yet 35% of Milwaukee County residents lack licenses, a much higher proportion than the rest of the state.

While true that the Voter ID bill makes a state ID free, it's only free if you can take the time off of work to get to the DMV . . .

Ah, well. This study will likely only strengthen Republican resolve to pass a voter ID bill.