Get thee to a polling place

Via knoxnews.com | No Silence Here, reports of some nuns making a point (or attempting to) in Indiana:

About 12 Indiana nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place by a fellow bride of Christ because they didn't have state or federal identification bearing a photograph.

Sister Julie McGuire said she was forced to turn away her fellow sisters . . . because they had been told earlier that they would need such an ID to vote.

The nuns, all in their 80s or 90s, didn't get one but came to the precinct anyway. (emphasis added)

It's interesting stuff, so I encourage you to read the entire article. Interestingly, the nuns contend that it was impossible for them to cast a provisional ballot and then get around to visiting a DMV within the next ten days to get a proper (and free!) photo ID, but they weren't too busy to stage their mini-protest.

Nevertheless, we can all say a prayer of thanks that the world appears not to have ended as a result of Indiana's implementation of the new law. From the article:

Elsewhere across the pivotal state, voting appeared to run smoothly, despite the fears of election experts that the Supreme Court's recent refusal to strike down Indian[a]'s controversial photo identification law could cause confusion at the polls.
A voter hot line set up by the secretary of state's office had no complaints regarding photo IDs as of 3 p.m., said spokeswoman Bethany Derringer. In a primary expected to draw record numbers, most calls concerned precinct locations. (emphasis added)

I guess the nuns didn't have access to telephones? In any event, who needs a telephone and a hotline to the Secretary of State when you've got the MSM to do your bidding?


Here's the AP report.