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Voter ID
Posted: Mar 24, 2014
I live in a rural state and I have always had to show my ID (even though those working at the polling place know me personally) to vote. Everyone that I know has some sort of ID, either a driver's license, a birth certificate, a social security card, etc. My state does not require a photo ID, although I am aware that some states do require that. I was surprised to find that some of the most populated states do not require any kind of personal identification to vote. The debate centers around the difficulty of people being able to obtain an ID. Can anyone site a personal experience of not having any sort of personal identification? There are so many venues in today's world where an ID is required - it's hard for me to imagine living in a world where I don't carry any identification with me.
The voter ID laws have become synonymous with suppressing minority vote. Wouldn't it be in the best interest of everyone to finally put that argument to rest by the reassurance to all that people who do vote are elligible? The issue seems to be more significant in city, county, state races - but it becomes news again when national elections draw closer. If the argument is that people don't have ID, then fix that...why would that be so difficult?
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I too don't understand why the ID issue cant - be fixed... and I am happy to be a liberal
[ In Reply To ..]so I am fair when I say I don't see a reason why requiring an ID should be a problem.
THAT SAID, until it IS fair, i.e., there is no DEMONSTRABLE problem with poor people having difficulty obtaining a photo ID, it should not be made a law.
IF THE REPUBLICANS want the ID's they should be hollering for a FIX first. Until then, their motives are suspect.
In my state, there was FREE TRANSPORTATION - Truthhurts
[ In Reply To ..]to a site to get vote ID and there was government helpers for those that didn't know how to go about it, what proof they needed, how and where to get the ID, and it was all taken care of in the county welfare department or do they call that office social services department now? So, what's the holdup here, especially since there is also FREE TRANSPORTATION to go vote.
There is no reason to have difficulty obtaining voter IDs in my state, yet it still is not happening because of all the yelling from the other side.
Yelling from the other side - NK
[ In Reply To ..]Which side would that be? The one yelling about negligible voter fraud? The one who has members who don't have enough sense to keep their mouths shut about the real purpose behind voter ID laws being to disenfranchise voters who tend to vote Democrat?
No, the other side who are trying to cheat and - another poster
[ In Reply To ..]have massive voter fraud. The ones who vote multiple times. The democrats.
Newsflash - nobody is trying to disenfranchise democrat voters. Give me a break! The democrats are the ones who get caught cheating and with massive voter fraud.
Try not counting the military's vote, who tend to vote republican. Numerous cases of voter fraud from the democrats.
if there wasn't so much - fraud at the polls
[ In Reply To ..]i used to resent it also -- and no, i'm not a socialist.
do a little research. you'll find what i did to change my mind: repeated accounts of people bragging about voting mutiple times.
My state - too.
[ In Reply To ..]and yet somehow, Obama won my state in both elections. So much for that democrat voter suppression theory.
are you objecting to free transportation to vote? - sm
[ In Reply To ..]This is a common service delivered to citizens of both parties.
If there was a freebie attached to getting a voter ID card, - sm
[ In Reply To ..]the argument by the left would be null and void because the people would be in lines wrapping around buildings just to get their free stuff. Therefore, the argument that the poor cannot afford it or cannot find a way to get there is pure and simple nonsense!
That's sooo insulting - to poor people everywhere
[ In Reply To ..]Some people have no shame...
the insinuation is that the poor are lying about the difficulty this law would pose for them to get an ID - and that they are all about handouts.
This type of mentality makes me vomit.
INSULTING? - ProMT
[ In Reply To ..]Answer this: If people fall into the "poverty" category, how do they obtain welfare, food stamps, and other tax-payer assistance? With the amount of fraudulent documents which can easily be obtained, a state-issued photo ID is the only accurate source of identity. As a side note, did you have time to poll every poor person in America as to how insulted they were after reading that specific comment?
yes. insulting - nm
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Sorry if you find it's insulting. I say it's true, and I'm - new to the thread. (sm)
[ In Reply To ..]Put a little check at the finish line, and they'll be there in hoardes.
It's not insulting and that poster does not speak for everyone - nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
it's understood that one poster does not speak for everyone - nm
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?dislike - really?
[ In Reply To ..]lol
No, but the poster speaks for some on this - sm
[ In Reply To ..]board, as evidenced by past posts by various posters.
It seems that the majority (if not all) of them are members of the GOP, and I always find it amusing that they don't realize that the GOP's goal is to include THEM in the "poverty" category.
you just described the democrats goal too - put us all in poverty - nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm is needed.
The Democrat objective is to make everyone dependent on the government. - sm
[ In Reply To ..]They can control everyone that way. They can tell us what to do, when to do it, how to do it, what to eat, how to eat, when to eat, etc., etc. The Democrats want control over every aspect of our lives, just like Putin. Gone are the days of a worthy Democratic party, i.e., JFK. Even he did not agree with big government. Today's Democrats just refuse to see the big picture because they are too busy playing the puppet role put forth by MSNBC and their ilk.
It's not true. I'm 61, disabled with a terminal - sm
[ In Reply To ..]disease, receive Social Security disability and fall into the poverty range.
I find it very insulting, after working multiple jobs at the same time for 40 years.
The GOP is trying to get rid of the middle class and send them to the poverty class, and they've been successful. Just ask someone on unemployment who no longer receives their checks to feed their families.
You can't place a category of people into a neatly fit box when there are so many variables that enter into it.
How many paychecks are YOU away from poverty?
In a country that ALWAYS sends humanitarian aid in the form of food and medical care to every other nation on the globe, perhaps Russia or another country can offer aid to the USA to feed the people who go hungry every day in this, the allegedly richest country on the planet!
Apology. - sm
[ In Reply To ..]I posted about the freebie. I should have been more careful to make it apparent that I was not including all people in my statement. I will be cognizant of this in the future. My apologies to you and any others who are in need of assistance for reasons beyond your control. The statement was meant for people who freeload as a way of life and there are many of them.
I agree. Not everyone who is in a rough spot - is a mooch.
[ In Reply To ..]I get sick of people lumping everyone into one group here, but it happens all the time, it's not going to stop, and it's a waste of time to try to explain it to anyone. I just read it and give it my silent opinion (dislike) and move on.
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