State laws on voter identification vary widely, with Indiana's and Georgia's considered the most restrictive. Nearly all states require a photo identification when people first register to vote.
So the voter is required to prove intially that they are who they claim to be and thus legal to vote. Are the Dems going to claim even that is too difficult?
The bottomline is the ID is needed to prove, just like a ticket to a professional sports game, that you have the right to access. As of now any state that doesn't require an ID each time they vote is unquestionably allowing illegal votes to be cast. All one needs to do is to know a person (or many more) that you know intially registered but are not voting and show up and "do them a favor" and vote for them proxy. For college students it would be a crapshoot. Be aggressive in registering all your friends to vote (or let motor voter do it for you), inquire non-chalantly whether they are going to vote and if not, go in their stead. Get info on senior citizens that are infirmed and vote for them. Etc, etc, etc.
Ultimately, if this lax standard continues and expands, Pubbies are going to give-up their standard of fair play and start doing some free voting for lazy Dems.
Every election cycle we hear about the Dems’ “formidable turnout effort”. They repeatedly call or knock on the door of every potential voter.
They are able to determine if someone isn’t registered, then get them enrolled if necessary. They help them get absentee ballots. They know if someone needs a RIDE to the polls. They know if CHILD CARE is needed...or PLOWING the driveway. They know your church, union, and probably your bowling league.
Sooooo. Mightn’t they add one teeny little question in all this outreach prior to the election:
“Do you have a valid drivers license?”.
First, it would help them identify the real extent of the problem. Either the problem doesn’t exist or they don’t really want to quantify it. Second, if they can send someone to drive you to vote, couldn’t they just as easily drive you to the DMV?
It’s obvious they don’t really want to solve the problem.
Republicans would be wise to add this question to their scripts when contacting voters. It’s probably not widely needed, but it would help underscore that the Dems want the issue, not the solution.
PS: I found this troubling:
“NEARLY all states require a photo identification when people first REGISTER to vote.”
“Nearly”?! Pray tell, where can you REGISTER to vote without a photo ID?