Former U.S. Marine Turned Away From TN Poll For Refusing to Present Photo ID Under New GOP Law

[BradBlog]

60. Because you can afford one....

"I thought chicago had a documented problem with nonliving voters.(google seems to imply that)"

You thought wrong. Where there may have been such problems years ago, it did not take place at the polling place, by and large, it would take place via absentee ballots. Polling place Photo ID does nothing to prevent that. The ONLY type of voter fraud potentially deterred by such restrictions is in-person polling place impersonation, which is INCREDIBLY rare. In the meantime, tens if not hundreds of thousands of voters stand to lose their right to cast their legal ballot at all if such restrictions are put in place.

"So if they made getting a state id card free (costs about 10-2 bucks here in ohio) would it be better for you?"

In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled that a $1.50 poll tax was unconstitional. So what's your point again?

"I still dont see the problem with having to prove who you are to vote."

That already happens. By federal law. First time registrants who don't register in person must present an ID when voting at the polling place for the first time. Many other states have Voter ID laws which are no problem, because they are not draconian and meant to suppress the vote as polling place Photo ID restrictions are. Those states allow for dozens of different types of IDs to identify voters.

For example, in SC, which already had one of the most restrictive voter ID laws in the nation, they had required a state-issued drivers license, a state-issued DMV ID card or a voter registration card. Their NEW Photo ID law removed the voter registration card as a form of possible ID, despite, by SC's own statistics, the DoJ found that registered minority voters were 20% more likely to lack such ID than white voters. The law was, thankfully, rejected by the DoJ under the Voting Rights Act (though the state is appealing that decision anyway...because they want to disenfranchise voters. They do not have any examples of voter fraud in the state that would be deterred by Photo ID restrictions which wouldn't already be deterred by existing laws.)

"If all I need is a bill, and a voters id card I could go vote for all the males in my family who dont bother to do it themselves."

Try it! See how that works for ya. You MIGHT be able to cast a single vote for someone else. If you're lucky. It won't affect an election, but go for it! You're only risking about 5 years in jail and $10,000 fine. Have fun!