"None of the concerns and fears you mentioned seem to be actual problems. And when weighed against reducing or eliminating voter fraud, I think that reduction of fraud should take precedence."
Well said. "I live in California, and I show my ID constantly. I had to get a certified birth certificate from Georgia to get a California driver's license even though I had a valid Georgia license. The bank requires ID when I deposit large checks, or cash any check. Even the doctors and hospitals require picture id before giving treatment. Frequent drunk driver checks on roadways around town require license and insurance info, and you cannot get into California on I-10 or I-40 without going through checkpoints where they frequently check IDs." Another reply ringing with truth and common sense "It's very simple: you're advocating disenfranchising voters based on an arbitrary standard that has nothing to do with their legal right to vote." Actually, the voter id laws I have reviewed go out of their way to accommodate voters who could be disenfranchised. ID cards are free for low income citizens, there are mobile id centers that will come to your home and issue the id, some states don't require an id for voters born before a certain year (big issue with elderly blacks who lived through the Democratic voter suppression of the 50's and 60's), and so on. Again, only a small effort has to be made to get an ID or vote. And finally, ID is already required in 9+ states. I can't seem to find any evidence of the ID requirement disenfranchising the vote. Plenty of evidence of military absentee ballots being disenfranchised though. J - We don't have a precise read on why this slower pace of growth is persisting - Ben Bernanke ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339293 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
