photo id

The TNGOP is holding a watch party for next week’s Vice Presidential debate:

Early on Monday morning I had the most terrifying experience with the federal government. I was at the Philadelphia airport, about to board a plane for Nashville when I realized that I couldn’t find my driver’s license. When I got to the front of the line, I told this to the TSA worker, who pulled me aside and called his supervisor.

In heralding the start of early voting across the state for the August 7th primary, Rep. Stacey Campfield brings the funny:

In most of the state a photo ID or voter registration card is appreciated (but not mandatory). In Memphis a copy of your latest obituary would help speed things along as well.

Early voting starts tomorrow (Friday) at 10 AM at polling locations across Tennessee. In most of the state a photo ID or voter registration card is appreciated in Memphis a copy of your latest obituary will work also.

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.

Great article (here) about the Supreme Court's Voter ID ruling this week. Here's an article excerpt--related to what could fairly be termed a bi-ideological decision:

Six months before the presidential election, the issue of ballot integrity is already a partisan battleground.

Republican State Committeewoman Barbara Blanton kicks off her campaign to unseat 62nd District state Rep. Jim Cobb in the pages of the Shelbyville Times-Gazette:

By a vote of 6 to 3, the US Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Indiana's Voter ID law on Monday.

In one sense the court left open challenges to Voter ID cases, but also placed emphasis on states to resolve election issues.

Two good case assessments from the SCOTUS blog note:

The photo ID previous to voting has been upheld by the US supreme court. This has always seemed like a no brainer to me. It takes a photo ID to get a library card, to get on an airplane or to drive a car but none to vote.