Voting without a photo ID should by no means be allowed.
First of all the reason given for this requirement is bogus...there have been many reviews and studies that clearly show that the there is no fraud to suggest that photo ID is necessary.
Second, it should be telling to you and others that laws requiring photo ID for voting are being passed primarily in states that are run by republicans.
And thirdly, the way republicans have been passing these laws is clearly aimed at making it tough for some people to vote, in hope that many will give up.
washingtonpost.com
Here is what Richard Posner, a conservative federal court judge appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1981, wrote in regards to the Wisconsin law in 2014...
"There is only one motivation for imposing burdens on voting that are ostensibly designed to discourage voter-impersonation fraud," he writes, "and that is to discourage voting by persons likely to vote against the party responsible for imposing the burdens." More specifically, he observes, photo ID laws are "highly correlated with a state's having a Republican governor and Republican control of the legislature and appear to be aimed at limiting voting by minorities, particularly blacks." In Wisconsin, according to evidence presented at trial, the voter ID law would disenfranchise 300,000 residents, or 9% of registered voters.
A fair minded person clearly sees this for what it is...Targeted voter suppression.
Al |
