The voter ID bill in the N.C. General Assembly unjustly targets those groups that would vote against the Republicans in power — and their restrictions for college students are particularly severe.
Making voting more complicated and inconvenient than it already is is the last thing the state should be doing.
One restriction says college IDs would not be valid identification for students at the polls, which would seriously discourage those students without N.C. driver’s licenses.
A free alternative ID would be available, but the time and effort required to obtain it would keep some from voting.
Bill supporters say students should only vote in their home districts, but students invest a lot in their college towns and often live there after they graduate — they’re not just visitors.
The limits on students should be scrapped, and the General Assembly should shoot the entire bill down.
Republicans can’t stave off millennial voters forever, but they’re certainly trying.
