What Next – Laws Requiring Voters Be Alive?
By Mitch Berg
Democrat “Get Out The Fraudulent Vote” efforts took a hit yesterday when the SCOTUS ruled that states can require almost the same proof of identity that is required to write a check or use a debit card, validating an Indiana voter ID law:
The Indiana law was passed in 2005. Democrats and civil rights groups opposed it as unconstitutional and called it a thinly veiled effort to discourage groups of voters who tend to prefer Democrats.
It was in effect during the 2006 elections when Democrats picked up three congressional seats in Indiana and won control of the state House of Representatives.
One presumes some Tic officials were amazed they had so many honest voters. Also living ones.
“The universally applicable requirements of Indiana’s voter-identification law are eminently reasonable. The burden of acquiring, possessing and showing a free photo identification is simply not severe, because it does not ‘even represent a significant increase over the usual burdens of voting,'” [Justice Antonin] Scalia said.
Especially when the “penalty” for not having an ID isn’t disenfranchisement, but merely the filling out of a provisional ballot.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:48 am
Angryclown agrees with you wingnuts. The only real way to deter voter fraud is to require proof of country club membership.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:30 am
While I agree that the photo ID is not too great a hurdle, and while I wish that the Democrats would be more willing to push for reforms that would reduce the chances of voter fraud, I will tell you that my mother, who never drove, hated the idea that she had to get a non-driver’s drivers license to serve as an ID.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Interesting. I had no idea having a photo id would get me into country clubs. The things I learn on this blog.
April 29th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
I wonder how many country club members Clown thinks read Mitch’s blog?
I suspect only thorleywinston.