Posted on 11/04/2007 9:45:55 AM PST by John Semmens
Representative Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) has introduced legislation to ban photo identification as a requirement for voting in federal elections.
Ellison’s bill aims to compel all the states to follow Minnesota’s law, which prohibits the use of photo IDs for the purpose of verifying voter eligibility. This bill is paired with another Ellison-sponsored measure that would allow voters to register to vote at the polls on election day.
“When we force people to show photo identification it’s like saying we don’t trust them,” Ellison said. “This is not a sound foundation for a people’s republic.”
Ellison characterized same-day registration as a “matter of convenience.” “People are busy, they may forget to register ahead of time,” Ellison observed. “Should they be disenfranchised for this?”
The congressman brushed aside the contention that these measures could lead to vote fraud. “Those who say that same-day registration makes it impossible to check for eligibility before votes are cast are showing their intent to exclude voters,” Ellison claimed. “We shouldn’t be erecting complex procedures to hold down the vote. Everyone should be able to vote. If a few undocumented people vote or some mistakenly vote more than once, well, that is a small price to pay for ensuring that everyone gets a say in who will run the government.”
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very good, John.
....Bob
Congressman Billybob
Without MASSIVE Voter Fraud, on a scale we have never seen before, Democrats have NO chance of winning with Hillary in 2008...
John / Billybob
Exactly, you Moron!
ACORN. Ring a bell?
Not only should we provide proof we are who we say we are, but we should have to dip a finger in ink ala Iraqi voter system.
Anyone trying to vote TWICE would be guilty of felony fraud and dealt with accordingly.
Keith Ellison and The Skinnies (Islamic Somalis).....
the future rulers of Minnesota.
Ellison was part of this hearing about voting rights with the DOJ on Oct 30..
http://www.c-span.org/VideoArchives.asp?z1=&PopupMenu_Name=Politics/Elections&CatCodePairs=Issue,PE;
During that hearing Ellison had John Tanner apologizing for ????
Ellison was insulting and needed a good slap...it was sickening...
Two or three times AZConservative has made me feel like a largemouth on a Field & Stream cover breaking the water with a jitterbug in his mouth.
If I remember right, this is the same doofus who used the koran to be installed in office.
Well, I agree with him. We don't trust his "supporters" to follow the rules of civilized behavior. Same goes for liberals and "progressives".
Proper identification may not be a sound foundation for the "original" Republic of 200 years ago, but it is a critical necessity in the perverted version of it which got him elected.
Well, you got lots of company!
This, from the link however, caught my eye.
Harvard Professor Says Incomes above $4 Million Should Be Confiscated Writing for the magazine Foreign Policy, Harvard psychology professor, Howard Gardner, argues that no American should be allowed to earn any more than $4 million per year nor be allowed to keep more than $200 million in total wealth.
I absolutely have to support it, since I am not likely ever to make $4million a year. Isn't that how our system works?
< /sarc >
That's the most idiotic argument I've ever heard....
The RATS must believe they cannot win or they wouldn’t have to resort to wholesale FRAUD in order to win. Democrats are crooks. They must be stopped!!!
Moose Limb congressman
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