shuamort said:The 2004 election is the first one in my life where I had to show ID in my homestate to vote. It always seemed like a bad system just to walk up to the counter, give 'em my name and vote. I think it's a good idea to have to show ID to vote as it should help close a possible hole for exploitation.
cnredd said:Then why would anyone be against it?
Mikkel said:I'm sure there are some people out there somewhere without proper ID. I'm personally not against it, but it could be argued that this slim few would be refused their right to vote if they needed to present ID. A solution would be to have voter registration cards that they'd give you when you registered.... oh, wait, don't they do that already?
cnredd said:With rights come responsibilities...People have the right to start their own businesses, but they's still have to apply for things like licenses and tax forms.
This isn't an instance where someone can walk into a voting booth and claim they didn't know or didn't have time to get an ID. Make it for 2006, that gives everyone enough time to get their "ID status" in order.
How can you live without one anyway...especially for voting...
"I don't want the government to know I exist, but every year, I want to vote to put people in the government"....doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Mikkel said:I agree completely. It's just that the more hoops you make people jump through to be able to vote, the more uncomfortable it makes 'democracy purists'. I'm with you, though.
cnredd said:But are the ones protesting against it 'democracy purists'? Or is there a political agenda behind it?...I think we all know the answer....
cnredd said:But are the ones protesting against it 'democracy purists'? Or is there a political agenda behind it?...I think we all know the answer....
cnredd said:sounded so nice, he had to say it twice.:lol:
Simon W. Moon said:This doesn't seem to be about a political platform.
I'm moving it to US Politics
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