| HappySqurriel said: In my opinion, both political parties are being dishonest when it comes to the voter ID debate ... Being that there is a significant percentage of them who pay insane fees for pre-paid debit cards because they lack the education/understanding to open a bank account, Republicans know that voter ID laws will prevent poor people from voting but they don't care because they know/believe these people will vote for the Democrats anyways. At the same time the Democrats know there has been rampant voter registration fraud and good reason to believe that illegal immigrants and convicts are voting (and that other people are voting multiple times) but they don't care because they know/believe these people will vote for the Democrats anyways.
Ultimately, I think voter ID laws are necessary to prevent voter fraud and I think that some free form of ID should be provided by the government and there should (probably) be regular campaigns to get these IDs into the hands of voters. Something as simple as a yearly campaign that sets up shop in community schools across the country should be able to meet the needs of almost everyone who needs voter ID. |
Sounds about right to me.
Though the secret is... those people who need help to get such cards... don't really vote anyway.
Which is one reason why Jimmy Carter is for voter IDs.
He actually thinks voter IDs would INCREASE turnout.
