EDITORIAL: Call for caution on voter ID

Memphis Commercial Appeal ^ | 5/2/8 | Editor

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State lawmakers should always be concerned about the integrity of the ballot, decide what can reasonably and fairly be expected of voters and legislate accordingly.

If integrity of the ballot and fairness for all voters are of the utmost concerns, then why would an editor even bother to raise any issues at all with a voter ID law? Very likely, that editor liked the status-quo were voter fraud could be used to undo the votes of those that didn't or wouldn't vote the way the editor or democrats wanted.

If integrity of elections is the issue, any kind of voter fraud at all puts that integrity into question immediately. Voter ID is just one of the perhaps many steps that need to be undertaken to assure the integrity of the vote. If an election can be turned in the opposite direction of what the real voters wished, then democracy is the loser. The outcome of an election that was won with fraud is not representative of the true wishes of the majority. If the majority's wishes can be overturned so easily by fraud, then it is in fact democracy that has been overturned.

That the editor can't see the benefits, then it is he that doesn't support democracy and the integrity of the vote.

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One thing that is good about the electoral college system, it keeps us from having to do a national recount, county by crooked county.

If there are some irregularities and suspicious ballots, the poll in question can be investigated. If the vote isn’t close then there is no change to the outcome of the national results even in the event of obvious fraud.