If you’d told me 20 years ago that there would be a controversy about whether people should have to prove who they are when they vote, I’d have told you, “You’re insane!”
Instead, the country’s gone insane.
Instead, my vote is diluted by the votes of people who do not have the right to vote. MY rights are violated by each instance.
Sadly, I suspect the Voter ID laws may influence outcomes to some extent but the real problem is “Ballot Box Stuffing” which takes place in Detroit, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and may other cities across the nation. Legitimate votes are so watered down that it is hard to overcome the numbers. In Wisconsin, for example, George Bush lost by something like 7,000 votes - this could easily be manufactured in Milwaukee and Dane county. We need rules that guarantee that the number of ballots counted match the number of “legitimate” votes. We need to combine Voter ID laws with the checks and balances of matching numbers. Both Maine and Pennsylvania had more votes in their states that they had Registered Voters in the 2000 election and yet this was never even addressed by our biased press - instead they put all their focus on “hanging chads” since that would help “Their” side .