Hrm...what is more paranoid? Wanting to require people show ID in order to vote, or thinking that having an ID means the government can spy on you?
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:339332 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
