Back in July, I wrote about how the Democrats were applauding a Georgia court ruling striking down a common sense law aimed at preventing election fraud.

Now the House has stepped in (it’s about time!) and voted on a measure that would require voters to show proof of citizenship (The vote was 228 - 196).

The House voted Wednesday to require Americans to show proof of citizenship in order to vote…

Republican sponsors of the voter identification bill said it was a commonsense way to stop fraud at the polls. People need photo IDs to board planes, buy alcohol or cash checks, said Rep. Vernon Ehlers, R-Mich., chairman of the House Administration Committee. “This is not a new concept.”

“This is what Americans want,” said Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., “They want safe borders and they want safe ballots.”

And right on cue, Democrats are making absurd allegations that this measure is aimed at disenfranchising minorities, the elderly and the poor.

But Democrats assailed the legislation, saying it could hurt minorities, the poor and the elderly — groups that tend to vote Democratic — who might have trouble producing a photo identification.

“This bill is tantamount to a 21st century poll tax,” said Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. “It will disenfranchise large number of legal voters.”

But this argument holds no water, just like it didn’t in the Georgia case because…

…the bill stipulates that states must provide the identification cards free of charge to those who can’t afford them.

So explain to me how this amounts to a poll tax?

It doesn’t. The democrats are just lying about it because they know if it’s enacted it will reduce their ability to commit voter fraud.

1. It’s about time. Provide the IDs for free. Here in Washington State, the Dems argued that ID would hurt elderly voters because of the cost of the ID.

   Then they passed a law that forced anyone buying certain cold medicines to have to show picture ID (to cut down on availability of meth ingredients). I always wondered if the elderly were then cut off from Sudafed….

   Reasonable Americans want fair elections where the participants are legal citizens. Dems want everyone and their dog to vote - twice.

   Comment by SouthernRoots — 12:05 am
   

2. Are they Hiding Something?

   The Democrats continue to protest voter IDs as a “poll tax” even when the ID will be provided for free. Why is this?

   …

   Trackback by Tai-Chi Policy — 9:36 am
   

3. Lie? The Democrats? Preposterous!

   As long as the Dems can get illegals into the voting booths they think they can win. Thus, any measure that reduces the chances of illegals voting is to be destroyed.

   Comment by benning — 12:16 pm
   

4. It’s not like dead people ever had IDs in Chicago. Democrats don’t mind cheating, they just don’t want to work for it.

   Comment by Asher — 3:57 pm
   

5. The way most of our voting processes work is that once a ballot makes it into the system, it gets counted, regardless whether it was an illegal ballot. This is why Dems are so against ID - it would potentially keep some illegal ballots from getting into the system in the first place.

   O’Reilly had Sharpton on the other night and specifically asked, if the ID is free would he be against it and all Sharpton could say was the tripe about “counting every ballot”.

   Comment by SouthernRoots — 6:32 pm
   

6. […] First, they called it racist to require all voters show identification before casting ballots. […]

   Pingback by Texas Rainmaker » Racism in 2006 — 10:13 am
   

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