zach roth covers voting rights for msnbc.com. voter id law was legitimately in place at the time that these things weren't taking place at the poles, right? >> it was legitimately in place because, as you said, the rulings against it were put on hold, but it wasn't enforced properly, as you explained in your lead-up. go ahead. >> do voter id laws allow the person at the polling place to inquire as to whether or not the id that you hand them is legitimate? can they hold the idea eid like at the airport and say state your name, i want to see your full name and try to sort of quiz you as to the things on the id? >> absolutely not. that's very clear in the law that all the poll workers are supposed to do is match the name and the picture. they can't be asking questions about state your birth date, state your address, all these types of things that voters are reporting they were asking. >> i think what strikes people about it as uncomfortable is there is a presumption that the person must be lying or preshum shon that they don't have