http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/voterid/ en-us Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:47:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341971/posts INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled that Indiana's voter identification law is unconstitutional. 6News is looking through the 29-page ruling now and will provide details from it as soon as possible. The decision comes after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the state's voter ID law in 2008, a week before the presidential primary, in a splintered 6-3 ruling. Backers of the law, which requires a voter to present a photo identification to cast a ballot, said it curbs voter fraud. Those against the law contend that it keeps poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots. The... theindychannel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341971/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:47:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314343/posts A long-time federal prosecutor once told me that as long as elections put people into positions where they can make decisions about how much the government will spend, who will receive the money, and how the government will exercise its power, elections will be important enough to tempt some individuals to steal them. As the Supreme Court recognized when it upheld the constitutionality of Indiana's voter identification law in 2008, flagrant examples of voter fraud "have been documented throughout this Nation's history by respected historians and journalists." Those examples "demonstrate that not only is the risk of voter fraud... The Heritage Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314343/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:23:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313945/posts This is Congressman Eugene Green (HT to an e-mailer), Democrat from Texas, telling the world that if you're not from his District, you're not welcome at his future town hall meetings -- oh, and how he'll enforce his new rule (bold is his): This is how Gene Green has voted on laws relating to requiring photo identification to vote (from the web site "On the Issues"): Any questions? Oh, I do have a couple: • How many dozen other Congressmen who oppose voter ID laws are going to hypocritically enforce voter-ID rules at their town halls -- And does that... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313945/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:30:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2314296/posts This is Congressman Eugene Green (HT to an e-mailer), Democrat from Texas, telling the world that if you're not from his District, you're not welcome at his future town hall meetings -- oh, and how he'll enforce his new rule (bold is his): Newsbuster http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2314296/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:34:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314107/posts Tuning in to President Obama's health care town hall today, you couldn't help but notice how much tamer the line of questioning was compared to what Obama's fellow Democrats have been up against. By and large, instead of the persistent tough queries that greeted the likes of Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Arlen Specter (D-Penn.), the president fielded much easier questions. The toughest questioner tried to tag him on his earlier comments approving of a government-run "single-payer" system but unfortunately couldn't get the point of distinction between it and the much more amorphous "universal" health care system, thus allowing Obama to... SF Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314107/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:19:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2302709/posts "...requiring voters to show some form of ID could send Texas to the end of the line in future national rankings because it would depress turnout among Latinos, the state's fastest-growing demographic group. Anchía heard mountains of testimony about voter fraud as a member of the elections committee for three legislative sessions and as chairman of a subcommittee investigating voter fraud. "Voter fraud exists in Texas, but voter impersonation does not," he said. Most of the voter fraud occurs with mail-in ballots, he said, but the voter ID bills introduced in the last regular session offered no remedy to combat... Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2302709/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:55:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303681/posts MEXICO CITY – President Felipe Calderon says Mexico will start issuing nationwide identity cards for its citizens starting this year, and by 2012 everyone will have one. The cards will carry the bearer's photograph. It will also include information on fingerprints and biometric data, including facial and iris scans, on a magnetic strip. Most Mexicans currently use their voter ID cards for identification. They contain a photo, signature and one fingerprint. They will continue to be issued. Interior Secretary Fernando Gomez Mont said Tuesday the new cards will help in the fight against organized crime, and ensure transparency in government... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303681/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:59:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268113/posts he U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear an appeal to the oft-challenged Georgia law that requires voters to show photo identification before they cast their ballots. (from AP) Mods edit as necessary AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268113/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 17:09:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225829/posts A group of Progreso residents was advised not to testify in favor of a divisive voter identification measure Tuesday for fear their allegations could threaten an ongoing investigation into election fraud in their city. The fifteen individuals had hoped to join hundreds of other witnesses who spoke before the Texas House Elections Committee during a two-day hearing on the proposed legislation. But after driving to Austin they learned the Texas Attorney General's Office and committee members had agreed to avoid discussion of the Progreso case. "It was disappointing," said Marilu Ybarra, a local activist who has become something of a... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225829/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:29:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203293/posts AUSTIN — One of the most politically divisive fights the Legislature will confront this year gets its first full-fledged airing today as state senators have it out over whether voters should be required to show photo or other ID when they cast a ballot. On one side are Republicans who contend the change would protect the integrity of Texas elections and remove any possibility of voter impersonation or fraud. Democrats proffer a different view: The move is nothing more than an attempt to suppress voting by minorities, the elderly and disabled. The state's Democratic senators successfully blocked a voter photo... San Antonio Express News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203293/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:53:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195258/posts A bill that would require voters to present a photo ID at the polls won key approval from the S.C. House on Thursday, but not before House Democrats — equating the proposal to segregation-era efforts to disenfranchise voters — walked out. About 30 members of the Legislative Black Caucus and other House Democrats staged the walkout as debate moved into its fourth hour and it became clear the bill would pass. “You’ve made it clear it’s your way or the highway,” state Rep. David Weeks, chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus, said to House Republicans, moments before the walkout. “There... The State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195258/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:25:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2194917/posts COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Members of the Legislative Black Caucus left the State House in protest over the plan to require voters to show photo identification to prove who they are at polling precincts. The debate was under way Thursday on the House floor. The measure requires voters to show a valid driver's license, passport, military ID or state identification card. It removes the current $5 fee for the cards issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Rep. Alan Clemmons argues it's a voter integrity issue. The Myrtle Beach Republican says federal court rulings about similar laws in other states... WISTV.COM (Columbia, SC) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2194917/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:57:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175050/posts . . . According to the left, voter ID was a dastardly Republican plot to prevent Democrats from winning elections by suppressing the votes of minorities, particularly African-Americans. . . . numerous academic studies show that voter ID had no effect on the turnout of voters in prior elections. The plaintiffs in every unsuccessful lawsuit filed against such state requirements could not produce a single individual who didn't either already have an ID or couldn't easily get one. The two states with the strictest voter ID requirements are Indiana and Georgia. Both require a government-issued photo ID . . .... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175050/posts#comment Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:57:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165503/posts AUSTIN — Texas voters could soon be required to present a photo ID before casting a ballot during elections, but the measure won't be approved without a major partisan fight in the state Legislature. Voter ID, as its known at the capitol, may not be a top concern for recession-weary Texans. But it's a huge deal in the Legislature, where Republicans say it's crucial to stop ballot fraud and Democrats complain it's all about erecting hurdles to keep their base voters away from the polls. This week Senate Republicans — who have a 19-12 majority in the chamber — forced... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165503/posts#comment Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:56:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164713/posts ATLANTA (AP) - A three-judge federal panel has upheld a Georgia law that requires voters to present government-issued photo identification before they cast their ballots. The panel ruled Wednesday "that the burden imposed by the requirement of photo identification is outweighed by the interests of Georgia in safeguarding the right to vote." Democrats have long targeted the law, which they fear could disenfranchise poor and minority voters. They also contend the state had no evidence of voter fraud to back up the new rules. State elections officials say the law helps prevent voter fraud. Republican Secretary of State Karen Handel... WTVM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164713/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:53:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123584/posts Heard on the radio this morning, from the Chicago Police Department spokesman, that *2* forms of identification will be required to enter Barack Obama's election night soiree' - known in these parts as "Obamapalooza". Spokesman said bring your photo ID and a postmarked letter which has been mailed to you with your address - and it had better match your photo ID. You don't even need 2 forms of ID to vote in the election! WLS AM 89 Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123584/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:27:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118040/posts JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Mississippi's voter situation is hard to believe. Places like Madison County have over 123% more registered voters than people over the age of 18. Sue Sautermeister, First District Election Commissioner in Madison County, tried to purge the rolls, but ran into trouble when it was discovered it takes a vote of three of the five election commissioners and the purge cannot take place within 90 days of a federal election. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is the first to admit the situation with voter registration in this state is terrible. "It is terrible," he says. "Combined... WLBT-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118040/posts#comment Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:12:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105078/posts Indiana's voter registration law, which requires a photo identification at the polls, is considered to be perhaps the strictest such law in the nation. Now, it also may prove to be the one that is the most reassuring to Hoosiers. Indeed, if there is any attempt at voter identity theft in Indiana, as is being alleged in multiple states, the Hoosier registration law may prove to be the strongest counter measure anywhere. In short, Indiana's registration law, often criticized by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Indiana Democratic Party, requires that the voter have a photo identification issued by... The Evansville Courier & Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105078/posts#comment Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:33:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104055/posts Demand Emergency legislation that requires ALL voters to show a valid photo ID . You have to have an ID to fly , you should have to have one to vote ! Please sign the Petition. Thank You http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104055/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:03:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101234/posts What do Barack Obama, Cynthia Tucker and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) have in common? I’ll tell you a few facts and you decide. I’ll try not to load my words, as Cynthia Tucker did in her Sunday column blasting voter ID laws as the product of “pseudo-facts” and “overhyped allegations of voter fraud.” Readers of my column will, I hope, be outraged by their own thinking, not feelings emanating from pejorative terms. My introduction to ACORN was in the 1990s. When the savings and loan debacle occurred and large numbers of S&Ls had to be... Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101234/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:58:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099691/posts Red flags on voter records may lead to nothing Tuesday, October 7, 2008 3:02 AM By Mark Niquette THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH DispatchPolitics After new voters in Ohio provide a driver's license number or part of their Social Security number to register, an automatic computer check is done to determine whether that information matches existing state or federal records. But when the numbers don't match, what happens? Virtually nothing. The lack of follow-through has become the latest legal dispute between Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Republicans, especially with Ohioans able to register to vote and immediately cast an absentee... The Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099691/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:06:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097144/posts The base of the Republican Party — a dwindling but still significant group — clings to a handful of pseudo-facts that don’t hold up to serious scrutiny but that still occupy a central place in GOP ideology. Those include the assertion that Saddam Hussein represented a threat to the United States, that affirmative action in lending led to the mortgage crisis and that voter fraud is a serious problem in modern elections. In campaign seasons such as this, when victory may turn on a handful of votes, none of those claims is more important to Republican activists than overhyped allegations... Atlanta Journal Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097144/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 02:06:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094495/posts This afternoon, my niece accompanied her boyfriend to vote and he was not asked for id. I happened to do a quick google search to research how early voting worked and ran across two other incidents of no id being required. Daily Kos members were sharing their early voting experience and were surprised no one asked for id. Here are the excerpts: Then, you have to fill out another, almost identical "Identity Form." Same deal, provide either the last four digits of your SSN or your entire driver's license number. Since I am a square looking, elderly white guy, they... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094495/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 01:33:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091660/posts TALLAHASSEE -- About 3,200 new voters are in the cross-hairs of Florida's new and controversial ''no-match'' law, which could force them to cast provisional ballots on Election Day if officials can't confirm their identities. The law, designed to prevent potential election fraud and remove joke names from voter rolls -- ''Ricco Suave'' and ''Joe Blow'' among them -- requires local elections officials to mail letters to anyone whose registration information doesn't match the state's driver's license or Social Security databases. Only those who registered after Sept. 8 are affected. Since then, 71,000 new Florida voters have registered through Monday, according... miamiherald.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091660/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:46:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085076/posts It used to be much harder to keep track of visitors who came into and out of B.M. Williams Primary School. People were asked to sign their names into a visitors' book in the office, but the signatures often were hard to read, said Principal Craig Mills. Sometimes there would be a last name, but only a first initial. And what if someone gave a fake name? No more. Now, every visitor who walks into B.M. Williams must produce identification for a machine that will record the information, compare it with the national sex-offender registry, then record how long the... Virginian-Pilot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085076/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:19:59 GMT