Oh, just go shoot yourself in the foot

If I read this article correctly, the Democrats sued for and got a Judge in Mississippi to require voters to carry photo id voter registration cards in order to vote. This is exactly what they shouldn't be asking for:

JACKSON — The state of Mississippi must have a party registration system and voter identification law in place for the 2008 elections, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge W. Allen Pepper said political parties have a right to stop non-party members from voting in their primary elections. He said party registration and voter ID would do that.

Pepper ruled late Friday in a lawsuit filed in 2006 by plaintiffs wanting to stop non-Democrats from voting in Democratic primary elections. The Mississippi Republican Party was not involved in the lawsuit, but Pepper said his decision applies to all party primaries in the state.

Plaintiffs attorney Ellis Turnage of Cleveland and Attorney General Jim Hood could not be reached for comment. Secretary of State Eric Clark, the state’s chief election officer, said he had heard about the ruling but could not comment until he had read it.

Pepper said voters must re-register and carry a party registration party and a photo ID to the polls in primary elections. Pepper said voters not wanting to register by party can designate themselves as unaffiliated, or independents.