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Kasz216 on 26 June 2013
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ShinmenTakezo said:
thismeintiel said:
killerzX said:
ohh No!! states might actually be allowed to force people to prove who they are before they can vote.
why must we place such undue burdens on people, like making them prove they are who they say they are before they can vote.

Lol, so true.  The only people who don't like the Court's ruling are those who are against Voter ID, something that would actually help cut down on voter fraud.  Of course, we can't have that. 

You do have to prove who you are before already, it's called voter registration. You must register before you are allowed to vote. You must provide ID and proof of residence to register.

Voter fraud isn't a problem. It is not very common. It's a strawman used to get people to Vote for voter ID laws. Voter ID laws are used to limit minority and low income votes.


That's actually not true. There are very few cases of voter fraud being found out and prosecuted.

That doesn't mean voter fraud isn't very common.

It's like saying you never do invetory in your store, and it's not needed because almost none of your employees have been caught stealing.

 

There is nobody reallly comprehensivly checking who's voting because its really expensive, and really counterproductive to prosecute indviduals for voter fraud.  Which is why actual checks are required.

 

There have been a few cases that have found that it's very probable that illegal voting has occured by quite a big of people.  Cases done by media, instead of government.

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/16662854/2012/02/02/nbc2-investigates-voter-fraud

That's just the very tip of an iceberg of the sort of investigation it would take to actually know how widespread a problem it is.

It's easy to not see a problem when you have your eyes closed.