Voter ID tests Indiana
The point of Voter ID laws is to prevent fraud. It is to keep people honest in telling voting precincts that they belong where they do and that they are eligible to vote.
Indiana recently passed a voter ID law that was to help combat voter fraud. Of course the ACLU immediately objected and sued. Fortunately the Supreme Court interpreted the laws correctly and found that the Indiana law did not violate anyones rights.
The state’s American Civil Liberties Union sued, calling the law a poll tax that disproportionately affected minorities and elderly voters, those most likely to lack such identification. On April 28, the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that the law did not violate the Constitution. – South Bend Tribune
If you think about it, even the poor have to prove who they are when they go to get that welfare check, have it deposited in the bank or withdraw money from the bank where their check was deposited.
Even if they didn’t, Indiana provided the opprotunity for people to get free identification. Which is why the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the law.
The ACLU and the anti Voter ID people claim that no one has proven there is voter fraud. But if you can’t check the identification of those who are voting how are you going to prove that there is attempted fraud? But reading the article, you can see that there is indeed attempted fraud and it is caught using the ID requirement.
Another woman said she was turned away from casting her first-ever ballot because she had only a college-issued ID card and an out-of-state driver’s license, Perez said.
Well guess what…
That particular person wasn’t eligible to vote because they weren’t a resident of that state as evidenced by the out of state drivers license. How many more people use College issued ID cards as proof of residence in other states?
This is an attempt to circumvent the requirement that you are a resident of the state you are voting in. I would be willing bet this same person actually voted in their home state.
Another tried to use an ID without an expiration date.
one person complained about the voter ID law when he attempted to use a federal identification that didn’t have an expiration date on it.
“I didn’t know who it was put out by, but we couldn’t accept it,” Rice said. “He had a driver’s license, he was just trying to make a point. He wanted to push it and the law is very clear.”
I have been associated with the government in one way or another for 30 years or so. I can’t recall, even once, a valid form of government identification that didn’t have an expiration date.
People really shouldn’t get bent out of shape over the Voter ID laws. They are being put into place to protect your rights. Without them, you could end up showing up at the polls only to find out that someone else has voted in your stead. Who knows if they voted for the same things you did or not. I’m sure you would be very upset about that.
As long as the laws make provisions for providing identification to those who are unable to pay for identification or just don’t have a need for a drivers license then there shouldn’t be any problem.