Before we get dragged into another pointless argument with the Usual Suspects, let us remind ourselves what the three purposes of a secure Voter ID card are, namely that you are:
- a U.S. citizen, and therefore entitled to vote
- alive, and
- can only vote once.
It’s really that simple. Now ask yourself the simple question: who would be against such a simple concept, and why?
The next step is a lot more, shall we say, punitive. Considering that the above constitutes one of the principle freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution (i.e. that citizens are entitled to vote), then I would suggest one final step:
Any U.S. House Representative or Senator who votes against this measure should be immediately removed from their position because they have betrayed their oath of office, and must be subject to a recall vote in their state or district.
Frankly, I’m sick of fucking around with this nonsense — fraudulent votes, stolen elections, voter negation and all the rest — and it’s time we put an end to it. Immediately.
“….it’s time we put an end to it.”
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I can appreciate the sentiment, but your (our) opinion doesn’t matter. If it did this would not be an issue now.
If you want to piss a black person off, ask them why their people aren’t competent enough to get ID. I worked in the child welfare system where all those poor hapless folks are. In most states you cant get more than a single emergency issue without ID. We regularly helped those few who had no ID. I can remember only 1 case where we couldnt help a guy. He had 3 different names. 1 the name on the birth certificate. 2 the name he was raised under and 3 the name he went to prison under. Most poor people already have ID its a very specious argument.
Silly story. My dad was born at home in 1917. His mother, the first of her tribe born in the U.S. named him Roger Casement M. His father registered his birth as Harry A. M. Jr. and never said a word to anyone. The priest refused to baptize my dad as Roger Casement( he was probably english, IYKYK) so my dad grew up as roger henry m. He joined the army as roger h, worked as Roger h. He was in his 40’s before he found out he had a birth certificate. My dad said the most puzzling part was that he was the 4th son, his dad could have gotten that out of his system long before.