“We estimated in this case that there are more than one million people in Oklahoma without identification. And the thing is when you make it harder to vote, people just stop voting.”
– James Thomas, an attorney who is representing a client in challenging Oklahoma’s Voter ID law. The case was dismissed this week, but Thomas plans to appeal (Source). Oklahoma saw record low turnout in the 2014 midterm elections; read our ideas for repairing our broken democracy.