Posted on 12/08/2002 2:38:53 PM PST by EternalVigilance
Edited on 05/07/2004 9:08:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
South Dakota's protracted Senate race publicly ended more than a month ago.
But the contentious bickering that marked the yearlong campaign between Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson and Republican Rep. John Thune didn't stop the morning after Nov. 5.
A small group of Republican lawyers, suspecting that Democrats unduly influenced the election in Native American precincts such as Parmalee and Pine Ridge, have scoured Indian Country for misdeeds.
(Excerpt) Read more at argusleader.com ...
I completely agree with you; showing ID does not make your ballot "unsecret," which it has to be. Merely proves who you are. You know, way back when, not everybody voted, only land holders, etc. Well, you can bet the Founding Fathers never thought of requiring I.D.'s because really everybody knew everybody....when towns were small and people moved less, and old man would know every body in the entire town, most from the time they were born. And, on the flip side, a stranger is also "known" by the old man. ... before he even meets the stranger....word of mouth, etc., he knows all about the guy before he ever shakes his hand for the first time.
We, we don't have that luxury of community anymore, and that's what I think it is, a luxury, a good thing, not required but something you desire. So strangers live now among strangers. ID is required now; we don't have the ability to identify someone besides taking them at their word....not something that should be done during elections.
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