No, really, fraud is a problem

Guy Raz did an 11 minute segment on All Things Considered on NPR yesterday discussing voter fraud prevention. The piece included an interview with the GOP Secretary of State of Kansas, Kris Kobach. He says fraud may be rare, but that's not the point. In battleground states the tiny amount of voter fraud can still account for more votes than the difference between the two candidates. Dems say that efforts to combat fraud actually prevent poor, college students, and other likely Dem voters from being able to vote. The GOP says that government issued ID cards (the lack of one is the most common ways to prevent citizens from voting) are free. Dems counter that the court costs to document citizenship necessary to get one of those cards is actually quite expensive.