08/29/13 Voter ID
Once again the subject of election integrity is in the news. One side wants to ensure only legally registered voters cast ballots in elections.
The other side wants a system ripe for election fraud.
People opposed to secure elections absolutely hate proper identification because it stops election fraud. However, they claim voter ID requirements disenfranchise the elderly, minorities, and the poor.
In other words, they claim the elderly, minorities, and the poor are too stupid, incompetent or lazy to have proper ID.
Lets examine a few everyday activities that require a valid ID. In a swing state. Florida.
You need proper ID to:
Apply for a Library card
To attend public high school
To buy a home
Alcohol
Sudafed
A SunPass
Tobacco
To cash a check
Drive a car
Enter a federal building
Enter a public school
Fly
Work as a licensed contractor
Pick up a prescription
Pick up mail at the Post Office
Purchase a firearm
Register children in public school
Rent a car
Serve on a jury
Write a check at the supermarket
Visit a prison inmate
Volunteer at a public school
And I could go on and on.
Even the elderly, minorities and the poor do these same things the rest of us do. With proper ID.
Opponents of voter ID merely want to steal elections.
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