More and more efforts from the right are being made to pass new voting laws. The reasoning being, despite all evidence to the contrary, that there is "rampant voter fraud" in the system. Liberals push back saying it's just a masked attempt to suppress voter turnout.
As some may already know, I am a liberal and I hate these laws as well. Thing is, I can't find anything wrong with requiring a photo ID to present when you show up to the polls to vote. Not talking about the closing of polling places, restricting of days to vote, or any of that other stuff. Just the Photo ID part.
Is there anyone (left or right) with a good reason not to pass a federal law that says when you register to vote you will have a photo taken and an ID issued to you that you must have with you to cast your vote. You get these IDs at the same place you register. For voter registration drives, the state sends a couple of clerks with a laptop and a printer to do the IDs on the spot. No charge, you fill out the form and smile for the camera. Done. A state issued Photo ID that says you are who you say you are.
If that were the entirety of one of these voter ID laws, would anyone have a problem with it?
As some may already know, I am a liberal and I hate these laws as well. Thing is, I can't find anything wrong with requiring a photo ID to present when you show up to the polls to vote. Not talking about the closing of polling places, restricting of days to vote, or any of that other stuff. Just the Photo ID part.
Is there anyone (left or right) with a good reason not to pass a federal law that says when you register to vote you will have a photo taken and an ID issued to you that you must have with you to cast your vote. You get these IDs at the same place you register. For voter registration drives, the state sends a couple of clerks with a laptop and a printer to do the IDs on the spot. No charge, you fill out the form and smile for the camera. Done. A state issued Photo ID that says you are who you say you are.
If that were the entirety of one of these voter ID laws, would anyone have a problem with it?