Unfortunately, governments, whether state or federal are going to have to give away free ids and b/c’s as stated in this law. That’s the only way around the liberal jurists striking these laws down. That is alwasys the excuse, that it “disenfranchises” low income voters, which is a bunch of bull but the argument used. Whatever the cost to do this is necessary to eliminate the fraud and start having non-fraudulent elections in the inmer cities. Trump needs to championship n a natinal voter id at the Fed level, which i would generally be opposed to but is now very much needed after the rampant Dem fraud finally exposed.
If you figure the cost...roughly $25 a person...and make the ID period of effect eight years...then it’s roughly $3 a year. It’s worth all the pain and suffering to pay that through each state. My guess is that if you made it optional (pay or free)...that more than fifty percent would pay the $25.
Everyone gets a social security card and number at birth, so there is a structure for identification in place that might be tweaked. Maybe you get a new ss card when you are 18 years old, perhaps with a magnetic strip and a voter credit that is activated for each Federal election. Like a gift credit on a credit card, once it is used, it is gone until the next election. Would need some thinking, but surely if we can make driverless cars and satellites and go to the moon, we should be able to devise a system of some sort that is almost fool-proof?
States can provide a state ID and states are much closer to the individuals claiming they want to vote.
What American citizen has no photo ID in this age? Even the elderly and infirm have paths to their birth certificates or citizenship papers.
Why is this hard?
Well,.... except for Cruz... who “didn’t know” being born in Canada made him automatically.... Canadian, like mommy.
Issuing free IDs would be the best and most economical way to go in the mid/long run - it would save untold billions and also insure the integrity of the ballot. What price can we put on the integrity of the ballot alone?
Unfortunately, governments, whether state or federal are going to have to give away free ids and b/c’s as stated in this law.”””
Why would any state have to give away BIRTH CERT’s?
YOU should already have your BC. The free ID’s are OK with me, but I don’t understand the 8 year period. IF it is an IS that can ONLY be used to vote-—it would get replaced with a new one if you moved. People move on the average of every 3 1/2 years in the USA.
When I get my driver’s license renewed, the old one is punctured with a pattern of holes, so it isn’t good any longer than the arrival of my new license.