Posted on 05/22/2006 8:16:12 AM PDT by RBroadfoot
Jimmy Carter Is Right Amend the immigration bill to require voters to show ID.
Monday, May 22, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT
Amid all the disputes over immigration in Congress, one amendment is being proposed that in theory should unite people in both parties. How about requiring that everyone show some form of identification before voting in federal elections? Polls show overwhelming support for the idea, and there is increasing concern that more illegal aliens are showing up on voter registration rolls. But the fact that photo ID isn't likely to pass shows both how deeply emotional the immigration issue has become and how bitter congressional politics have become with elections only 5 1/2 months away.
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The Carter-Baker commission issued 87 recommendations to improve the functioning of election systems. ... the biggest surprise was that 18 of 21 commissioners backed a requirement that voters show some form of photo identification.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110008411
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So, illegals can just get a phony ID. They certainly don't have to worry about any consequences if they were caught. After all, the Senate wants to allow them to collect SS even if they used phony instruments.
And both people who do so are quite satisfied.
Why go throuh all the hassle of getting a passport just to cross the Mexican border to have dinner? I wouldn't do that now with all the drug smuggler related violence along the Texas-Mexican border, but it used to be pretty common for people go across the border for just a few hours and come back.
What has that got to do with Canada? Regardless of whether it is Canada, Mexico or whatever I would have thought post 9/11 you would need a passport that was my point.
Actually, you have to give him credit for deregulating oil and gas, also.
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