NYT- 'A Silent Disenfranchisement ' of Voters?

NewsBusters.org ^ | 10/30/06 | warner todd huston

[Mobile Vulgus]

Anything to make illegal votes leagl for the Dems!

[Hoodat]

Already making excuses for the Dem defeat next week?

[RobbyS]

I wonder if in Chicago and they bother to match up death certificates with voter rolls? One wonder if maybe 1% of the voters are even alive.

[ClearCase_guy]

It's the arrogance that gets me. We know that the voters have truly spoken if a Democrat wins. After all, all good people are Democrats, so when things work properly, Democrats always win. Any time you see a Republican getting elected, then you know that the voters got screwed.

Such unbelievable arrogance.

[ChurtleDawg]

Some of these are legitimate concerns---my grandmother doesn't have a valid driver's license anymore, so if she was in one of those states, she might not be able to vote

[Little Ray]

The state is probably offering them free ids if she'll go and get one.
Based on my own mother, however, it might not be an entirely bad thing...

[Bigh4u2]

She does have a birth certificate, doesn't she?

That's all that is required.

[ChurtleDawg]

between you and me, grandma probably is the least informed voter I know. She spends most of her day watching soap operas and napping. I doubt she even knows who the governor is
I was just pointing out that there are real citizens who don't have a picture id for some reason who are eligible voters

[ChurtleDawg]

but a birth certificate is not a picture id
which is what many of these laws call for

[posterchild]

For more detailed information, the electionline.org site shows the Voter ID laws for each state, along with the source of that information.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Honest elections have always been a fear of the left. They have no chance that way.

[Bigh4u2]

Doesn't matter.

She can take her birth certificate in and get a picture I.D. with no problem.

And more than likely it will be free.

[Panzerlied]

"Could keep up to 20 percent" from voting?

Or even 220% if we deny the dead their God given right to vote!

[no dems]

Hey, this is good for our team. Let them continue to tell Blacks and Illegals that their vote probably won't count on November 7 and discourage them from going to the trouble.

Pray for freezing rain in Pittsburgh, Philly, St. Louis & K.C. on Nov. 7.

[sgtbono2002]

Here is how it works. The media puts out all these fake poll saying the Democrats are going to win, then they cry fraud and cheating when they dont.

[Ouderkirk]

I was in Louisiana over the weekend and had on the weekend version of Air America in the car. This whole vote disenfranchisement theme was all they carped about. They never once tried to present the Liberal/democRAT position as intellectually superior, they complained that voters in Ohio, Florida were being intimidated, and systematically being disenfranchised.

They were also complaining about eligibility challenges. And how wrong it was to have this person cast a provisional ballot upon eligibility challenge. IT was truly amusing to listen to them. They didn't care about the legitimate arguments about eligibility. They wanted them to vote first and worry about eligibility after the elections.

No wonder Air America is in the toilet. There was nothing of ideological substance, just accusations of malfeasance. Pathetic.

[Steve_Seattle]

You need proper ID to buy a sixpack or make routine credit card purchases, so requiring ID to vote is hardly an onerous requirement.

[3niner]

The primary "disenfranchisement" of voters comes from illegal votes. Every illegal vote cancels an honest one.

[musikman]

Sound like they are preparing for a loss.

Hummm - a little good news this morning?

[3niner]

Some of these are legitimate concerns---my grandmother doesn't have a valid driver's license anymore, so if she was in one of those states, she might not be able to vote

Bull$h|t! In all of the states with ID requirements, there are programs in place to deal with situations like your grandmother's.