jacknife's Blog

My own mother never had a voter ID.

She also never owned a business, never inherited millions, never inherited 1000 acres of farm land, and never had hangups about personal moral issues like abortion, drugs or alcohol, so she never voted Republican.

Ah, the perfect type of person the Republicans want to eliminate from the ranks of voters!

I'm guessing the Republicans in the Missouri Congress must be simply salivating over the latest decision by the Republican right-wing Supreme Court to allow this poll-tax - er, excuse me, photo ID! Now they can have what they've always wanted! Deny the folks who are least likely to vote for their agenda of selfishness and greed the right to vote!

Knowing as they must that their days are numbered, and that any honest election will see the numbers of Republicans dwindle significantly, this decision came JUST in time to help out with that situation! I mean, the Lord, abortion, and prayer in schools can only go so far - many people are upset about the ECONOMY and the WAR - actual IMPORTANT issues!

So they wouldn't stand a chance!

But now, they can deny them the right to vote because they don't have a drivers license (to drive a car - hmmmm, everybody has a car, don't they?) or work at Boeing of some other large corporation that issues photo IDs (I mean, EVERYBODY works at a fine large corporation, don't they?), or whatever.

I am all for eliminating voter fraud, but since most voter fraud happens behind the scenes (counting, computer issues, etc.) this is going to do nothing but deny certain citizens the right to vote.

How will Democrats be able to get the bums from the alley to vote now?

Sicko - once again your logic is flawed, but I expect that when you're off your medication.

First 'just any photo ID' like a Boeing ID badge is not an acceptable identification. It must be a government issued ID. Drivers License, Passport or Missouri ID or Military ID will do nicely.

Finally, Matt Blunt (the governor who saved this state from the financial disaster created by One Term Bob) has offered to send people to peoples home for free and give them a State ID card if they have no other way of getting one.

Problem solved - no more liberal whining required.

Hey, I just decided I may be ALL FOR the photo ID.

Just today the Republican Missouri House passed a law that would ban tickets from red-light cameras for those who do NOT have a photo on their drivers license due to RELIGIOUS reasons.

Of course, we know the only two groups of people Republicans represent anymore are the fabulously rich and the religious.

But it occured to me, many religious conservatives maybe don't want their photo on their drivers license for religious reasons!

Therefore, this photo ID law make also disenfranchise the religious! So now I'm all for it!

Of course, something tells me this is a veiled attempt to appease the tiny minority of Muslims in this state, who usually came here rich and want-to-stay-that-way conservative, but they probably don't consitute a very large electorate. I know of no Catholic or Baptist hangups about picture IDs. So unfortunately, it still may not disenfrachise enough of them.

Of course, with the Muslims, Blunt will probably offer to personally come to their home to give them their photo ID for free.

And I wonder how Blunt's folks will go to someone's home to give them an ID when some people don't have homes?

Oh, that's right, those are the ones you don't WANT to vote because if the majority REALLY voted, your fasicst conservatives would never win again till the end of time.

I'd like to see every "bum" in every alley in America vote.

Couldn't be any worse than the rich bums in the White House of Missouri Congress.

No one is denying a person’s right to vote. However in order to vote you have to register to vote. Not a difficult task but the government wants to make sure of two things, one your are at least 18 years old and two you are an American citizen. Even at the time you register you have to prove who you say you are thru either a birth certificate or a driver’s license.

But I guess the opponents of this want the several thousand DEAD registered voters to continue voting. For years dead people have been voting in urban areas in order for a particular candidate to get elected. I remember in one precinct during a St. Louis city election that had more votes than registered voters.

So as others and I have said present a photo ID that is issued by the state you reside in to cast your vote.

I also agree everyone gets photographed, no veils, no hats, or other items that would hide an identity.

Snoopydad - I like your idea of a photo ID being issued for someone who doesn't have one when the register to vote. However, let me throw some cold water on your idea.

The 'Motor Voter' Act (Federal Legislation) made registration possible at all kinds of different places than the Board of Election Commissioners. This would mean that photo/ID equipment would have to be present at every one of these locations. We've already spent a small fortune on new computerized voting machines because the people in Florida can't complete a ballot properly.....how much more of this crap must be government funded?

Get a drivers license or State ID card which the DOR has already offered to provide free of charge (and they will come to your house to do it) and be done with it.

I think it is a good idea - this way maybe all those people that have been dead for 30 years will not be able to vote. If the people that are voting numerous times under different names will have to have 50 ID's they just might get a little confused as to who they really are.