"One almost gets the idea that Republicans like the "voter fraud" canard because "level playing fields" are not really to their taste."

Yes, I've just quoted myself.  And now I'm going to cite myself.  Remember when I mentioned Alabama closing DMV offices to thwart obtaining official ID (driver licenses) for voting?

Guess what?

[...]  We now know the driver's license closures saved little money -- somewhere between $200,000 and $300,000, tops, according to Bentley's former ALEA secretary Spencer Collier. The routine shortfalls in the General Fund budget typically range from $100 million to $200 million. The closures didn't even scratch that. They were a naked act of political vengeance.

[...]  In the 10 counties with the highest proportion of minorities, the state closed driver's license offices in eight. The other two remained open because it might be too much to explain, I suppose, for Alabama not to have driver's license offices in Montgomery or Selma.

Maybe the governor didn't intend to target minority citizens with the closures, but ultimately his intent is beside the point.

ETA: via twistedchick on Dreamwidth