Advocates: Voter ID ruling may disenfranchise US voters

AP via CoCoTimes ^ | 4/28/8 | DEBORAH HASTINGS AP National Writer

[Let's Roll]

Right, just the way it “disenfranchises” them when they want to cash a check or get a library card or ...

[Gritty]

In Indiana, more than 20 percent of black voters do not have access to a valid photo ID

Then how do they get their welfare checks cashed, apply for food stamps, or prove they're 21 to buy booze?

[relictele]

Notice how the Dems/Libs/MSM can never produce the Snuffalupagus they claim is the ‘disenfranchised voter’ who got turned away from the polls because of a lack of ID?

As for any chilling effect I say drop the thermostat. Those who aren’t supposed to be voting well....they aren’t supposed to be voting.

Funny how the libs want the simple made complex.

[ought-six]

They need an ID to claim their welfare benefits, their medical care, their foodstamps, enroll their kids in public school, etc. They have IDs. The Dims have their collective panties in a wad because requiring a valid ID will cut down on voter fraud, and the Dims cannot win without fraud.

[nascarnation]

great post!
if you’re poor you have welfare ID
if you’re old, Social Sec & Medicare

this is all about Dumbocrats fearing loss of fraud privileges

glad to be living in Indiana today (even if we did let Bill Clinton into one of our high schools)

[ArmstedFragg]

Yeah, really. Some ‘splintered’ 6-3 ruling. Three of them said the Democrats were morons, the other three said they were fools, too.

It’s a solid ruling on a simple, straightforward basis.

[Cyropaedia]

Unless there is is some sort of Indiana statute baring African Americans from obtaining ID’s at the DMV, that assertion is a flat out lie.

[cookcounty]

"The Supreme Court's refusal to strike down an Indiana law requiring government-issued photo identification at the ballot box could disenfranchise.....elderly voters ...

They are so old that there are no photographs of them?

[cookcounty]

"The Supreme Court's refusal to strike down an Indiana law requiring government-issued photo identification at the ballot box could disenfranchise.....elderly voters ...

They are so old that there are no photographs of them?

[NonValueAdded]

Fornicate you, Advocates, I'M TIRED OF THE CHEATERS YOU REPRESENT DISENFRANCHISING ME.

[daler]

I have to produce an ID (ostensibly...I'm in my 50s) to buy alcohol, cash a check and get on a plane.

But I shouldn't have to in order to vote?

Given that my vote is the most important thing that comes with being an American citizen (and a fraudulent voter canceling mine out being the most egregious thing), I can live with that.

[gidget7]

It's more than how do they get to the voting booth in the first place. Citizens, even those who do not have drivers licenses, need photo ID to cash a government check, that means welfare and SS. The only time a photo id is not needed is in banks who already know the person because they are long time customers. Not only that, photo ID’s are free or at most, they cost a couple dollars in some places.

[NonValueAdded]

The next president may have 2 or 3 vacancies to fill on the Court.

It's the one thing keeping McCain's chances alive for 2008. I might just have to eat that sandwich and vote for POTUS.

[ReagansShinyHair]

Shakespeare said it best: "First let's kill all the lawyers."

I'm so weary of misquotes.

The complete context of the quote is that IF you want to plunge the world into oppression-filled anarchy, THEN - first, you kill all the lawyers.

It was lawyers who argued AGAINST these assclowns, and lawyers who judged that states CAN require picture ID.

[weegee]

As Democrats are scrambling to use SuperDelegates to override the primary process, they are concerned about “disenfranchising” voters. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

How do the poor people cash their welfare and SS checks without a photo ID?

[mrsmel]

You read my mind.

[ArmstedFragg]

Not only that, photo ID’s are free or at most, they cost a couple dollars in some places.

They're free in Indiana, that was a significant factor in the decision.

[weegee]

There weren’t no cameras around when I was born. < /sarc >

[mrsmel]

You are right. People can slam on President Bush all they want (and I do too, over his illegal immigrant policies), but he’s far far better than the alternatives would have been. Looking at the bunch of contenders we have now, President Bush looks like a prince and a hell of a man.

[gidget7]

In CT they used to be 2.00. at the DMV. And the lines for those get pretty long, people need them to sign up for food stamps, welfare, and to buy cigarettes or alcohol. Also, the SS office requires them.