Liberals are so opposed to voter ID that they go over the top when attacking it.

Campus Reform reports.

Duke prof compares voter ID laws to Jim Crow

After North Carolina’s voter identification law was struck down Friday, two Duke University professors debated whether the law amounted to “intentional racial discrimination” or just disproportionately impacted low-income individuals.

Dr. Kerry Haynie, associate professor of political science and African American studies at Duke, and Dr. Michael Munger, professor of economics and director of Duke’s philosophy, politics, and economics program, both believe that North Carolina’s voter ID law inhibits poor minority voters from the polls and that evidence of actual voter fraud has consistently been found lacking, The Duke Chronicle reports.

North Carolina’s House Bill 589, which passed in 2013, required all voters to present a form of photo identification at their polling location before being able to vote. The bill also did away with same-day registration, “out-of-precinct” voting, and several other services designed to facilitate easier voting.

North Carolina’s Republican Party praised the law, saying it would help to combat voter fraud around the state. The Democrat Party, however, opposed it, claiming that the law prevents black and other minority voters from voting because the poor often do not have access to proper identification.

A U.S. District Court upheld the law in April following a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice and the North Carolina NAACP, saying there was not enough evidence to prove discrimination occurred, but that ruling was overturned Friday by the United States 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Dr. Haynie claims that requiring IDs to vote makes the process more difficult, arguing that the explicit purpose is to keep blacks and minorities from voting.

“This voter ID law is reminiscent of the poll taxes and literacy texts of the Jim Crow Era,” he told The Chronicle. “It is a case of intentional racial discrimination.”