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[writerguy22]

MONDAY: Da LawI completely disagree with the recent Supreme Court decision regarding voter IDs. In the case (whose name escapes me at the moment), SCOTUS upheld an Indiana law requiring voters to show a photo ID at their polling place. On the surface, this seems like a rational law -- I'll readily admit that. However, the insidious secret behind

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[anonymous]

I see your point,people who have to jump through hoops will be less likely to vote at all. But I think that it could be good because of illegal immagrants who have in the past voted in favor of the candidate that would give them more rights and less to the actual American citizens - as we have daily proof in health care and education, etc.

[writerguy22]

That would be fine if proponents could point to a wave of illegal immigrant voters. But they can't.

Limit how?

[anonymous]

How do you limit someones rights to vote by asking for the ID? Do you limit someones right to fly by forcing a person to go true metal detectors? You don't mind to show your ID to prove your age to buy an alcohol if you are close to the age of 21, do you? What is wrong with showing your ID to prove that you are register to vote? and by the way, don't you have to be a citizen to vote? Unless, of course, you are trying to say that poor and minorities are too stupid to be able to register. What an insult by a nice guy like you. Most likely a lib...:)

Re: Limit how?

[writerguy22]

I'm not saying that at all. Of course poor and minorities are able to register to vote -- it's asinie to think otherwise. I'm saying as more procedural road blocks are put in place, fewer lawful voters -- be if from lack of time or inherent distrust of the process -- will exercise the right to vote.

[popeofthefcotb]

We had this debate in Georgia over the last several years. My response was this: If banks require you to show photo ID to cash a check, why should you be allowed to elect city/county officials, state and federal legislators and even the president of the United States without having to show a valid form of ID to prove who you are

[writerguy22]

The right to vote is so fundamental that there should be real, quantifiable reasons to infringe upon it. There's just aren't the hard numbers to back up in-person voter fraud as a legitimate threat to our democracy. (The real voter fraud, as we all know, is most always done via absentee ballot. I have no qualms making it more difficult to vote absentee.)

Georgia's law sounds much like Alabama's law. Those laws are fine -- everyone has a power bill or something with their name on it, and that's enough to defeat any elementary voter fraud. Not everyone, however, has a picture ID. My grandmother is about 80. Can't see all that well. Hasn't driven in a decade or two. Does that mean she shouldn't be able to vote? Hell no.