Voter ID - Reasonable or Disenfranchising?

[Scat]

Repubs have tried for years to make it a national requirement that you show proper ID when voting. Dems of course have argued that passing laws requiring voters to show proper ID will disenfranchise voters.

One of the biggest opponents of voter ID has been attorney general Eric Holder. A gentleman by the name of George O'Keefe has been traveling to various states to show how easy voter fraud is. Mr. O'Keefe showed up at a D.C. voting station last week and acquired Mr. Holder's voting ballot, no questions asked.

https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/04/08/DC-Polling-Place-Holder-Ballot

He has also shown in New Hampshire and Minnesota how easy it is to vote using the ballot of a dead person.

Discuss.

 

[TroutBum]

I think proper I.D. should be mandatory.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

I think I should be able to vote as JazzSpazz.
I also think my vote should count for more because I have a higher than average rep power.

 

[TroutBum]

I think I should be able to vote as JazzSpazz.
I also think my vote should count for more because I have a higher than average rep power.

As King of the World, I am going to veto this idea.

 

[colton]

I think proper I.D. should be mandatory.

I'm completely in agreement.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

As King of the World, I am going to veto this idea.

And as VP and President of the Senate of the World, I will fight for 2/3rds to "veto" your veto.
Do I have a chance if I'm not part of the inner circle...... or am I?

 

[Jazz Spazz]

I'm completely in agreement.

On a serious note, I agree with both of you. It should be required.

 

[JimLes]

Does it cost money to get an ID in the USA, though?

 

[Scat]

Does it cost money to get an ID in the USA, though?

Yes. Depending on the state the cost varies. Here in Utah it is $18.

 

[JimLes]

Yes. Depending on the state the cost varies. Here in Utah it is $18.

If you make that a requirement for voting, aren't you then setting a financial condition for voting?

I mean, I understand that the lack of ID requirement can create fraud, but it seems that the electoral fraud due to poll taxes and other means of preventing people from voting has been a much larger of a problem in US history than fake people voting.

Except in Chicago, where the undead vote.

 

[colton]

If you make that a requirement for voting, aren't you then setting a financial condition for voting?

If that is a concern, then the solution is to make IDs free, not to abandon the ID requirement.

 

[JimLes]

If that is a concern, then the solution is to make IDs free, not to abandon the ID requirement.

That is the solution. I just think that certain segments of society would get up in arms about it, because it's more "wasteful spending by the government."

Of course, if I were rich enough to afford things I want, I'd probably think anything free was wasteful, too.