Photo ID to vote

• LJ

  

  does this make your "fact" a complete lie?
  

  Cathy LaMaster, 44, of Gahanna, voted twice after requesting and submitting two absentee voter ballots using her own name and her daughter’s name. LaMaster’s daughter had already voted by absentee in Guernsey County.
  
  Officials say the duplication was discovered during a regular review of registrations.
  
  LeMaster pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of voter registration fraud. The judge ordered her to pay a $1,000 fine and gave her a suspended jail sentence

  http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20090327/UPDATES01/90327019
• wkfan

  Bigdogg;722740 wrote:Not free. Did you see it cost Indiana 10 million in tax dollars? I thought the Republicans now in power in Columbus want to cut taxes?

  it is free to those who cannot afford it....for the rest of us, it's $8.50.
  
  It's free for those who cannot afford it so there are no excuses for not having one....and money well spent.
  
  BTW...you never did answer my question. Still waiting.
• Con_Alma

  The integrity of the voting process is paramount. Without it there's no reason to vote at all. Taking steps to maintain the confidence of all citizens is necessary at this time due to past, proven fraudulent activities.
• Fab4Runner

  

  Completely for this. I always show my ID when voting and I wasn't even aware you didn't have to. There is NO way this is racist or discriminatory....every single person has the opportunity to obtain one.
• Thread Bomber

  

  Bigdogg;722675 wrote:I * 0 evidence of voter impersonation fraud

  Oh it happens. heres a link from result of a 2004 election
  

  In Miami County, with 100% of the precincts reporting at 9am EST Wednesday, Nov. 3, Bush had 20,807 votes (65.80%) and Kerry had 10,724 (33.92%). Miami reported 31,620 voters. Inexplicably, nearly 19,000 new ballots were added after all precincts reported, boosting Bush’s vote to 33,039 (65.77%) to Kerry’s 17,039 (33.92%). CASE is investigating why the percentage of the vote stayed exactly the same to three one-hundredths of a percentage point after nearly 19,000 new ballots were added. CASE members speculate that it’s either a long-shot coincidence with the last three digits remaining the same, or that someone had pre-set a database and programmed a voting machine to cough up a pre-set percentage of votes. Miami County uses an easily hackable optical scanner with the central counter provided by the Republican-linked vendor ES&S

  http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2004/983
• cruiser_96

  

  With the electronic and technological advances we've made in just the past 10 years, I'd rather see a chip implanted in my hand. Or even near my forehead. But that's just me.
• stlouiedipalma

  Here in the Land of Lincoln I show my photo ID every time I vote. I also take advantage of early voting here and am a strong advocate of this. Why anyone would be against either is totally beyond me.
• Writerbuckeye

  

  stlouiedipalma;722772 wrote:Here in the Land of Lincoln I show my photo ID every time I vote. I also take advantage of early voting here and am a strong advocate of this. Why anyone would be against either is totally beyond me.

  
  This won't be politically correct, but here goes. The people most likely to NOT get this ID and then vote would typically vote for Democrats. They're poor, minority and generally unmotivated to contribute to society in any meaningful way. They are more likely to be on some kind of government entitlement or feel they deserve more entitlements.
  
  All of that feeds the Democrat machine politics...and if it is diminished, it hurts the chances of Democrat candidates, more in bigger elections like statewide offices than in local (city, county) where Democrats tend to have a wide enough numbers advantage that it won't affect outcomes.
• queencitybuckeye

  wkfan;722693 wrote:I would love to hear your reasoning for why this is discriminatory.
  

  
  It discriminates against the ineligible.
• Con_Alma

  queencitybuckeye;722807 wrote:It discriminates against the ineligible.

  Lol. The truth of this makes it entertaining.
• LJ

  

  I just asked 8 people here at the office what they thought. They all think this is a great idea. 4 of them were black.... damn racist rule....
• wkfan

  queencitybuckeye;722807 wrote:It discriminates against the ineligible.

  Oh how I hate to disenfranchise the fraudulent......
• thavoice

  I am gonna be 100 percent honest.....i remember when this first started up. I was at first amazed that it wasnt already a law. I always had my ID out but they never checked because the poll ladies were neighbors and both knew me, and would always comment if I beat my parents up there for that one election.
  
  I have always been surprised it wasnt a law. The fight against is the cost of an ID. Well, how much does it boil down to per year to own just even a basic state ID? Seriously. Everyone should be able to afford one, and if you are homeless and cannot, well, that is tough
• Fab4Runner

  

  thavoice;722849 wrote:I am gonna be 100 percent honest.....i remember when this first started up. I was at first amazed that it wasnt already a law. I always had my ID out but they never checked because the poll ladies were neighbors and both knew me, and would always comment if I beat my parents up there for that one election.
  
  I have always been surprised it wasnt a law. The fight against is the cost of an ID. Well, how much does it boil down to per year to own just even a basic state ID? Seriously. Everyone should be able to afford one, and if you are homeless and cannot, well, that is tough

  They are free if you cannot afford one.
• thavoice

  Fab4Runner;722854 wrote:They are free if you cannot afford one.

  
  Then there should be no reason. I had heard it was discriminatory because some could not afford.
  
  What a joke.
• majorspark

  

  If you can't find a way to come up with $8.50 you probably should not be voting anyway. This is the USA not Zimbabwe.
• Writerbuckeye

  

  majorspark;722877 wrote:If you can't find a way to come up with $8.50 you probably should not be voting anyway. This is the USA not Zimbabwe.

  
  I'll save the libtards on here the trouble and just call you a racist now.
• LJ

  

  Writerbuckeye;722887 wrote:I'll save the libtards on here the trouble and just call you a racist now.

  
  Hey! Black people agreed with the law! It's not racist! lol
• ts1227

  

  majorspark;722877 wrote:If you can't find a way to come up with $8.50 you probably should not be voting anyway. This is the USA not Zimbabwe.

  
  Its their right regardless.
  
  The law helps to prevent fraud while offering those who can't afford the ID one a freebie, its the best we can do.
• Writerbuckeye

  

  LJ;722892 wrote:Hey! Black people agreed with the law! It's not racist! lol

  
  Who? A few "uncle toms" you work with? They don't count.
  
  (I'm playing my libtard role to the hilt here)
• wkfan

  Writerbuckeye;722903 wrote:Who? A few "uncle toms" you work with? They don't count.
  
  (I'm playing my libtard role to the hilt here)

  He plays basketball for Duke?
• stlouiedipalma

  Seriously, though, what's wrong with the ID request? I'm as liberal as they come and I don't have an issue with it.
  
  Growing up in a small town in Ohio as I did, everybody knew you. Now I live in a much larger city and I don't know some of my neighbors. Why shouldn't I be required to present ID? I just think this is a silly thing for anyone to get their panties in a bunch about.
• LJ

  

  stlouiedipalma;722909 wrote:Seriously, though, what's wrong with the ID request? I'm as liberal as they come and I don't have an issue with it.
  
  Growing up in a small town in Ohio as I did, everybody knew you. Now I live in a much larger city and I don't know some of my neighbors. Why shouldn't I be required to present ID? I just think this is a silly thing for anyone to get their panties in a bunch about.

  
  Democrats are using the race card because they don't want to just come out and say that they are afraid their slam dunk supporters (minorities) won't come out and vote. I honestly think they are just being the "party of no" as well.
• Bigdogg

  LJ;722750 wrote:Sure, I can post a few to bust the myth that voter fraud is a myth
  
  http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/04/28/three_voters.html?sid=101
  
  State ID would have stopped that
  
  
  http://www.wlwt.com/politics/18579285/detail.html
  
  Once again, State ID would stop it
  
  There are other stories, but the links are old due to the presidential election being 3 years ago many of them don't work.

  
  Not quite convinced yet pal, the article you cited concerned voter registration fraud. as you apparently are uninformed, HB 159 doesn’t prevent the kind of things like that. Second, Ohio’s existing law already prevents multiple votes. Oh, and HB 159 doesn’t change the law for identification requirements for absentee ballots!
  
  Again, I have no problem with requiring some form of ID to vote, it should not be mandated to be a state ID. Also, I see no where in the Constitution where a state ID is a prerequisite to vote surprised the Tea party is not all over this (rolling eyes). To those who want to argue that is is not discriminatory or if you can't afford a ID you shouldn't vote, have fun in court with that one. Even FFT wouldn't take that one.
• Bigdogg

  Thread Bomber;722766 wrote:Oh it happens. heres a link from result of a 2004 election
  
  
  
  http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2004/983

  
  That's voter fraud see above.