Faced with an amendment that will likely pass 2:1 this fall that will also peel off enough fraudulent votes to cost them some of the close elections (like the last Governor and Senate races), the Democrats are turning on the spin.
Emphasis added to this bit here from the MinnPost:
But opponents say it will make voting more difficult for those who don’t have the right ID, such as seniors who no longer drive, college students, soldiers overseas and homeless people. And they argue that there’s no evidence that voter fraud is a big problem, and that there are laws in place already.
Dave Thul – regional blogger, activist and senior non-commissioned officer – pointed out in the comment section yesterday:
Every member of the US military on active duty is required to have and carry a photo ID. Every member of the military overseas is required to have said photo ID on them at all times.
Also, every US military member has in his or her unit an appointed Voting Assistance Officer, responsible for implementing the DOD directive that every member of the military will have the ability to vote. Voting assistance officers have the same legal authority as a notary public to sign off on a ballot to certify that the voter provided photo ID.
Huh. I don’t recall anyone in the media checking on that. Catherine Richert? You out there?
Another one’s been making the rounds, this time from the MinnPost article linked above, with emphasis added::
…many voters do not realize that it is not just any government-issued (or approved) i.d. they would need to present at their voting place. It will be a special i.d. for voting only and those who want one will have to purchase and present a government-issued birth certificate or perhaps passport in order to get the voter i.d. card. I’m not sure of the current price of a birth certificate, but a passport cost $100 a few years ago.
The Pro-Voter Fraud crowd – the DFL, the Alliance for a Better Minnesota, Common Cause and so on – are passing this meme around (or at least not saying it’s not wrong; they’re telling the students, the poor, and especially seniors that their driver’s license, state ID or existing passport won’t suffice for voting.
I expect the DFL to start telling that same crowd that Mary Kiffmeyer wants to collect bone marrow samples before voting. Indeed, expect that previous sentence to pop up on at least one leftyblog.
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You should not have to provide ID for voting or an abortion. Those are the only two rights enshrined in the constitution.
you don’t have to provide an ID to pickup your welfare check, because the government trusts who you are. Wait I’m being told by one of my staffers that you do, hmmm… wouldn’t people on welfare be part of the ‘disenfranchised’ group that the DFL says the republicans are going after?
PoD; I question whether or not you have to present ID for welfare payments. I seem to recall an expose on that a couple of years ago when cashed MN Dep’t of Wevenue and Minnesota EBT cards starting showing up in check cashing places, casinos, liquor and grocery stores in states as far away as Hawaii. Of course, with the DemonRATs running the state, Pawlenty was helpless to stop it. After all, guys like Bakk, Winkler, Rukavina and Winkler can’t risk alienating their base, regardless of where they live, now can they?
I don’t go out the door without my picture ID. If I don’t make it home again, I want my wife to know where to collect my remains.
Funny, you have to show an ID to buy arms. You know those things that the right to keep and bare shall not be infringed upon (2nd Amendment) I still wonder why the Strib and the DFl (pardon the redundancy) aren’t in an uproar about that. (Not really, it’s just a rhetorical device.)
bosshoss,
I believe they still have to show ID, here’s an excerpt from the USA back in 2010 about welfare fraud in Anoka County
Some people suspected of welfare fraud in Minnesota’s Anoka County are being ordered to be swabbed for DNA samples. The county has prosecuted eight criminal cases in the past three years after using DNA to identify a supposedly absent parent. To get illegal benefits, applicants for public aid lied about whether their children’s father lived in the home. Only single-parent families are eligible for some aid.
but after research I have determined that you do need an ID to even APPLY for welfare. Also I found a good quote from an old buddy of mine that helps your sides point
In the words of Joseph Stalin: “The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.