The level of hypocrisy was not lost on Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jim Lyons.
"The Democrats deployed a voter identification requirement on Saturday they've long smeared as being racist, even though it's a policy that an overwhelming majority of Americans support," Lyons said. "It's obvious they can't trust themselves to conduct an honest election so they turned to a voter ID requirement as a safeguard against fraud.
"It all boils down to this: If the Democrats are requiring voter ID to participate in their intraparty elections, why won't they support the same requirement to ensure the integrity of Massachusetts elections?"
