How a new generation of discriminatory voting laws is attempting to alter the political balance

The phantom of the voting booth

The GOP strategy in enacting voter ID laws around the country is as clear as black and white. Literally. Facing dramatic democratic shifts, the Republicans don’t want blacks voting. That’s what federal courts said last week in cases in North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin. It’s not about voter fraud, a virtually non-existent crime. It’s about race,…