Gun control: could the idea be applied to votor fraud?

[asinclair]

If background checks are such a good idea to control the sale and disperstion of firearms, could background checks also be used to stop-punch voter fraud?

[asinclair]

Stare decisis, "to stand by things decided", is a very powerful concept in United States legal system. The idea is that past legal decisions can be referenced in a current dispute to make a case for a particular viewpoint. So let's see if we can use this principle to help stamp out voter fraud.

The liberals have been very vocal that background checks for buying firearms does not violate the Second Amendment of the Constitution. "We need background checks to keep gun out of the hands of criminals." Some are wanting the background-check requirement extended to gun shows and private transactions.

So, if background checks past Constitutional muster for guns, how about requiring background checks to register to vote? The whole process just got cheaper with the implementation of Real-ID for drivers licenses. (I just got mine.) As for blocking felons, the same databases used for guns could be used for voters, too.

What does this stop? Casting multiple ballots by virtue of living in two or more States. Voting by non-citizens. Voting by felons, where restricted. Voting by underage children.

[logi_cal869]

AND, perhaps...verifying vertical orientation and temperature above ambient...

...dupes, too.

[rellimpank]

--I have suggested several times in both Chicago and Milwaukee media on both anti-firearms and anti-voter I.D articles that the identification required for voting should be at least equal to that required for firearms purchase--

--you can imagine what comments this brings from the left---

[Misterioso]

I like the idea of background checks for presidential candidates. Especially if they have Muslim names.

[elengr]

“We need background checks to keep votes out of the hands of criminals!” (And that includes illegal aliens and fraudulent voters of all kinds.)

While were at, let’s keep the vote out of the hands of anyone who is a net taker from the public largess. A large part of the problem today is that people have learned that they can vote themselves goodies rather than contribute to society.

[JimRed]

That would be rayciss! How dey gonna gets a ID?

[familyop]

Drug testing of all state and local politicians, administrators and employees would be an even better idea. That way, they would be competent to look at each voter’s proof of identity and place of residence before issuing a voter registration.

[familyop]

Or we could just have everyone microchipped. Then more technically inclined, reasoning people would rule.

[asinclair]

I well can imagine the comments from the left when you tried to say that identification for voter registration should be at least as equal to that to purchase firearms.

The issue here is that the undocumented people can't buy firearms, yet I don't hear the liberals talking about any violation of the Second Amendment. That suits the liberal passion for safety over freedom; liberals tend to say "if you remove all guns, you will remove all gun violence." (Let's not get into the question about disarming law enforcement, even though police have been killing people of color for some time now, in larger number than they have been killing white people.)

Disarm the citizenry, that's fine, even though the criminal element will always find a source for firearms. Disenfranchise the non-citizens (dead, illegal, felon, serial voters) is a whole 'nuther issue.