Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "A conservative would argue for AT LEAST state's rights in this case > because, at the end of the day, it's about being true to principles." > > It's strictly a state's rights issue right now. That is why all of the laws > differ from each other. That is not to say that one day it will not become > a federal issue. I hope not. >
Exactly, and many states (and their citizens) are concerned about the "slippery slope" when it comes to, say, the Census and/or registering your guns. However most people agree with public birth records (as well as marriage, residence of citizenship, etc). Thus states, countries, and cities should have a good record of who is possibly a voter. If you walk into a polling place to vote and claim to be Jerry Born-in-Barnesville they should be able to easily look you up. And, just to ensure you're not trying to impersonate Jerry, they might ask you for a recent energy or phone bill, the assumption being that they know you were both there and you'd really have to be special to trying to pull a fast one. They might even ask you to have a neighbor or 2 vouche for you in case you don't have such bill. But requiring an ID would therefore be unnecessary, punitive, and generally paranoid to the point of delusi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:339331 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
