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Savannahmann

(3,891 posts)
7. Voter ID is bullshit.
Tue Oct 7, 2014, 10:27 PM
Oct 2014

But is there anything else in your post that is true?

The law was passed in 2011. It was upheld last month when the appeals court accepted the appeal.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/us/voter-id-law-in-wisconsin-is-permitted-by-us-court.html?_r=0

It was in effect in other words for the last three weeks anyway.

The TSA requires that you be identified. If you don't have a valid Government issued ID they will attempt to confirm your identity through various databases. http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/acceptable-ids

If they can't confirm your identity, you don't fly.

If all that is contained in the challenge is hyperbole and half truths, the law is going to stand. The Supreme Court knows that is all nonsense.

The argument should revolve around the 4th Amendment and be viewed as a unwarranted intrusion by the Government in an effort to disenfranchise and intimidate citizens when untrained volunteers demand to know who you are, and what ballot you want, especially for the primaries. The undue burden argument won't go anywhere as free identification cards are provided IAW the 2008 Supreme Court decision. All that is left in that case is inability to travel. For that you will need a victim that has been disenfranchised by the law for the suit.

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