[Free Vulcan]

If we can get this signed by the Gov., our new GOP Secretary of State will have some good ammo to stop the unions busing in votes like they did in '08 to Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and other large metropolitan areas.

[boomop1]

Will have speedy Gonzales on each ID.

[davisfh]

Let’s hope this goes national. I can’t imagine why anyone would want it to be otherwise.

[GeronL]

Texas Senate also passed something like that.

No more bringing a utility bill as ID on election day!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

This is an important move to stop ACORN and the like from pulling another Claire McCackle.

[deport]

Texas just got a photo ID passed in the State Senate. With the Texas House at 101 - 49 GOP advantage it should be passed, signed by the Governor and the law before the end of this year.

[Keith in Iowa]

Have to get it past King Grand-Stall in the Senate before Gov B. can sign it into law.

[Lurker]

SCOTUS has been crystal clear on this issue. There is no “right” to vote. States are, or were, free to set their own qualifications to cast a ballot.

[ReverendJames]

Whatever - some liberal judge will whack it down.

[VanDeKoik]

What poor person cant get a state ID?

I can damn well guarantee you that if it’s needed to get their welfare cash, they would be camped out in front of the SOS to make sure they had one then.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Thank God some grown ups are back in control in DM. There is only one reason for anyone to claim it is not necessary to provide a photo ID to vote. You don’t think Dims want to make it easy to commit voter fraud, do you? Nah, can’t be.

[Venturer]

Whats the big deal?

If you want to vote , show a photo ID.

If you want to run for President show a Birth Certificate.

[Sergio]

"This is a bill created to create a problem," Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, D-Ames, said before the House voted 60-40 to send the measure to the Senate.

The "problem" being that it will make it much harder to steal an election.

[Freedom4US]

While it is true that voting is a right, it is also true that rights can be taken away or, forfeited. For example, felons in some states cannot vote. Only citizens have the right to vote, these are simple concepts to understand.

Certainly there is no “right” to vote more than once - ensuring the security and viability and accuracy of elections is vital to the democratic process. Election fraud is poison, er, a cancer, on the body politic - no matter who does it. Honestly, the percentage of citizens who cannot or will not obtain ID is trivial, and it might be argued perhaps they shouldn’t be voting? It just doesn’t rise to a credible level - citizens have to prove identity many, many times - from renting a movie to buying a house, purchasing alcohol or weapons, air travel, the list is endless, with many of these requirements enacted by those of the same mindset who now claim otherwise for voting.

Let’s put it to a vote.