Edited sentence: " He was alluding to efforts to require voter ID in the U."Afghans defied threat of death to vote.D in order to cast a ballot.He then expressed his hope that Americans would turnout in such large numbers, despite efforts to make voting in the U.Here's hoping Americans cast ballots in large #s this fall, defying schemes to make voting harder.However he drew the ire of conservatives on twitter who quickly pointed out that voters in Afghanistan also have to show a photo voter I.On April 6, 2014, David Axelrod tweeted his support for Afghan voting turnout in their recent election, despite the threat of death.S harder.S to ensure fair, fraud-free elections