Originally Posted by
Seneca Pilot
I posted it to show that voter fraud does happen and would be a much bigger problem if we didn't take measures to prevent it.
I am asking the questions to get you to consider the reasons why people don't have ID's. Getting an ID is not a barrier to anyone who truly wants to be a member of our society and vote. It may be an inconvenience, it may carry a small cost, but it isn't a barrier unless that person isn't really all that concerned about voting in the first place.
It is not the Jim crow south. There are no poll taxes, literacy tests, or requirements to own property to vote but it is not unreasonable to ask a prospective voter to prove their identity. In my state there is no ID requirement. If you know my name and my precinct you can literally go and vote for me. In other words you could go and commit voter fraud and no one would know because they can't even ask you for an ID.
There are thousands of kids that make it through the foster system and have a difficult time getting the records they need to register to vote, my wife used to help them. I’d say a good first step is mailing a ballot to every registered voter, like my state has been doing for several years. Second step would be move Election day to a Saturday and Sunday. Third would be penalize states that have in-person voter lines in excess of one hour.
People that work for a living can’t necessarily afford to spend an entire day waiting in line to vote in their one designated spot. Maybe some of that could be alleviated by moving voting to weekends when maybe 40% of people are working. Adding more days might help.
Military folks have been voting absentee for decades. Is that fraud?
We should be encouraging voter turnout and making it easier for people to vote. Anyone that thinks otherwise is just worried about a challenge to their ideas.