Are you who you say you are?
As tomorrow November 6, 2012 is our election day,
many people weren’t sure if they can vote without an ID document. The ID law was
enforcing to cut down on the voting fraud that was affecting the “Real number”
of votes.
Are you who you say you are? Having a Valid government
ID in some states but in others a current utility bill or bank statement is
sufficient but in present before stepping
in to cast your vote, many people already don’t vote and with the more
standards that we are put up I believe we are cutting down on the votes. The more
difficult we make it to cast a vote the less people we are going to have to actually
vote. I believe that the required ID is unnecessary and is and will affect
elderly, minority and low-income groups that tend to vote Democratic. Obtaining
a valid photo id is somewhat costly and burdensome, with even Free State ID
requiring documents like a birth certificate that can cost up to $25 in some
places, and with people that live in rural area having trouble accessing ID
offices. In some research that I have done there have only been small number of
fraud cases resulting in a conviction A
New York Times analysis from 2007 identified 120 cases filed by the Justice
Department over five years. These cases, many of which stemmed from mistakenly
filled registration forms or misunderstanding over voter eligibility, resulted
in 86 convictions. About 11% of U.S.
citizens, or roughly 21 million citizens, don't have government-issued photo ID,
so will that 11% affect the total number of votes. I believe yes, even though
it is 11% we are talking about 21 million people not being able to vote. I think
we should try to make voting easier so that we get more people to vote instead
of making it more difficult to cast a vote and pushing those without an id
away. 
http://thetexasinformant.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-blogger-of-red-white-emily.html
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you that having ID that make you eligible to vote are unnecessary. As we know that Texas is ranking near the bottom of the vote turnout because of the “Real number” that required by States government. Showing ID is part of everyday life but generally, showing ID is a trivial matter for people of all ages, races, genders and incomes, but some small number of people lack current photo ID. I think that by making everyone giving an ID document is to frighten voter in thinking that there's a fraud problem ( voter fraud has always been a concern in American politics) so that they keep people who are more likely to vote Democratic (students, seniors, lower-income folks, minorities) from being able to vote. As well as there are people who used “Dead people” photos as an ID to vote. By checking or showing ID is only to protect eligible voter. Like Emily said that about 21 million people not being able to vote affect a lot of the number of votes that being counted. We had reason why there are some votes don’t want to vote is basically because it is a waste of time and they don’t care about the Government and politics. However, there are some that truly care and wanted to vote but were prevented from not having ID. We are afraid to let those who did not have ID to vote to prevent fraud but at the end we still have many convictions. Then I ask myself will this prevent felons from voting as well? I think the answer is NO.
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