Voter ID laws are not intended to prevent just anyone from voting. They are intended to prevent people from voting multiple times, or voting if they are not citizens of this country, etc. Quite bizarre to defend against a pretty reasonable request. I was in a bind and I stopped by a library the other day to print something and I had to show ID. The resources are paid for by San Antonians, and guests are tracked separately.
But, the foundation of our democratic republic, the right to vote for who represents us, you want to be watered down by anyone willing to vote multiple times or influence despite noncitizenship without showing ID? I spend time and do business in other countries where I am not a citizen. I have no overwhelming sense of en lement that this should allow me to vote in the elections of those countries.
I am even required to keep my ID on my person just while walking on the street of one of the more wealthy latin american countries. Might be required in most or all. I do not know. I have only been stopped at gunpoint and told to do so because I was white in one of them. Luckily my wife is a citizen of that country, as well.
This seems a no ing brainer. Democrats, Republicans, and Independents should all be able to agree on that. The fact that you see it so slanted against your beliefs should be a warning sign that you're a little off.
A democratic voting official was just caught on camera lamenting the fact that he has gotten more conservative over the years due to this issue, seeing the process undermined by rampant casting of multiple votes. Seeing voters bussed from location to location to vote multiple times.
This is not the All-Star game. Or...well...it is but should not be. There should be some integrity to the process. Whoever we elect, there should be confidence in the fact that the person was elected fairly.
The numbers of people that are denied a vote because they don't have any ID pale in comparison to the cheating. We all have ID. It is almost impossible to live without it. Even the poor. And, if an elderly person has lost theirs, etc. An affadavit could be signed by an accompanying friend or family member testifying that the person is who they say they are. It really isn't that complicated except for those that want to keep the foul practice going.
Of Course, if you are against illegal immigration, it is easy to just be labled as a racist. Let's ignore the fact that, for example, Panamanians are experiencing a flood of Venezuelans across their border and are not too happy about it. I guess Panamanians are racists? Or, could it just be that a country should be able to monitor who comes in and out of their country, and who is granted citizenship? Are Panamanians crazy to think this?
And, voting should not necessarily be without any effort. Like serving on a jury, it is a duty. The minimum effort of having ID should not be argued as punitive. These are not Jim Crow laws, and attempting to spin them as such are an insult to the people that suffered under Jim Crow laws.
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