Indiana Voter ID Law a scam? I think not!

An opinion article by Cynthia Tucker, alluded to Republicans needing to cheat voters using the law to deny them right to vote. Before this law anyone could walk into a voting precinct say a name and be given a ballot. No checking was done at all. Now you have to show a valid federal, or state ID either a drivers license or a state ID. If you do not have one you can ask or will be given a provisional ballot which allows you to vote, however it will not be counted unless you show up at the Voter registration office within 10 days with proper ID.
So previously anyone could pick a name that they knew was unlikely to vote,(because we don't purge our voter lists, even if they are dead) and be given a ballot. Hard to prove because who would know? Even if it was suspect the authority in charge has no reason to check it because they are usually the party in power and the party benefiting from the bad votes.
I am still waiting for a serious effort from a newspaper checking on the voting records of dead people. I still cannot understand how any reasonable person would not think ID is a good thing. We check your ID for driving, for checks, sometimes for credit cards, and even movie rentals. So why would we not check the validity of voters?

I think the next big step would be to find a way to look into the other area of abuse the absentee ballot. There needs to be a better way to take care of these so there is reduced chance of fraud with them. After delivering them on the last election day to each polling place, I was amazed at how badly they are done. I delivered to about 12 polling places and saw 12 different ways that the ballots were received and checked in.

So far as I can see ID is a good thing and I hope the US Supreme court agrees.