[mdittmar]

Hmm?,when and where does the Federal Government require some form of official identification?

Maybe we should ban them all,just to be fair.

[usconservative]

Under the proposed law, voters without required identification would still be able to vote by signing a sworn affidavit that they are the person they represent themselves to be.

Right, and criminals obey gun laws, Mexican's never cross the border illegally and stay here, and there's no waste, fraud or abuse in any Government social spending program.

In the meantime, I have to show an insurance card and drivers license to receive health care, prove I have insurance to buy & drive a car, show a drivers license to buy beer (despite my being 50) and have a badge to enter my workplace.

Nothing wrong with this picture. None at all .....

[Secret Agent Man]

i’d love for them to explain why they believe showing voter id is a poll tax. they have no idea what a poll tax is, if they believe that.

[Trod Upon]

So the Democrats really can’t win without massive voter fraud?

[ought-six]

A Democrat. That’s all we need to know.

[rockrr]

Although the laws’ supporters claim that they are necessary to combat in-person voter fraud, a voter is more likely to be struck by lightning than to commit fraud at the polls.

this is an unmitigated lie. Individual vote fraud is exceedingly hard to prove so unless a person admits to it they usually get away with it. It would be more honest to say, "a voter is more likely to be struck by lightning than to get caught committing fraud at the polls".

[Amendment10]

First, note that concern over voting requirements is being driven by the ongoing power grab for perceived federal government powers imo. Regarding these perceived powers, as a consequence of widespread ignorance of why the Founding States made the federal Constitution, to limit (cripple) the federal government’s powers, voters do not understand the following. Probably most voters are clueless that most of the federal government services that they are trying to protect with their votes are actually under the 10th Amendment-protected control of the states, the corrupt federal government having pirated state powers to regulate such services over the last 60+ years.

Regarding requirements to vote, the states have amended the Constituton to protect voting rights on the bases of race, sex, tax status and age. In other words, the so-called “right” to vote without first presenting a valid picture ID is not a constitutonally protected right.

Also, in addition to states requiring valid picture ID in order to vote, I strongly suggest that the states also consider another requirement. The states need to require candidate voters to pass a basic constitutonal law test in order to vote. After all, taxpayers need to be on their guard against federal candidate lawmakers who make campaign promises based on powers which the states have never degated to the federal government via the Constitution, Obamacare being an excellent example.