Stacey Abrams now supports voter ID. Yup, the same Stacey Abrams that has argued against popular voter ID provisions for years.
Shot: Stacey Abrams yesterday said voter ID provisions are a fundamental part of the voting system and no one has ever opposed them:
“No one has ever objected to having to prove who you are to vote. It’s been part of our nation’s history since the inception of voting.”
Chaser: Stacey Abrams called provisions that provide free IDs or require voters to prove who they are “punitive” as recently as April 27 when baselessly smearing Georgia’s common sense voter integrity law:
“Voters without a driver’s license or state ID must surrender their personal information and risk identity theft just to receive an absentee ballot, and then there are 200,000 Georgia voters who don’t have either ID and the punitive free ID that is not free when you factor in the cost of transportation and the cost of underlying documents…you can read the full list of objections to SB202 at StopJimCrow2.com”
Why the sudden change of heart?
Is it because poll after poll shows the vast majority of the American people support voter ID provisions? Is it because she realized she was in the wrong?
Who knows, but what is clear, it’s too late for the Atlanta small businesses that lost $100 million in revenue because of the boycott fueled by Abram’s baseless claims.
It’s time for Democrats to stop their bad-faith attacks on voter integrity provisions – apparently even Stacey Abrams thinks so.
