Indiana’s Voter ID Requirement Upheld
Posted on April 16, 2006
During the “immigration protests” of the past couple of weeks, Democrats have been registering protesters to vote. A treasure trove of votes for the Democratic party. Our only consolation is that most of the protests were held in heavily Democratic areas to begin with.
One way to insure that ONLY American citizens are allowed to vote is to require the voter to prove that they are a citizen. The only way to do this is to require the voter to show identification proving who they are. The second step is to require that states only issue drivers licenses and state ID cards to legal US residents.
But the ACLU and most Democrats hate this idea because it robs the ultra liberal wing of some of their newest voters. People who aren’t supposed to be allowed to vote but yet if given the chance would finally give the liberals the numbers that they need to win back the White House and Congress.
Indiana has a law which requires voters to show identification when voting which the ACLU and Indiana Democratic Party challenged in court. Friday US District Judge Sarah Evans Barker dismissed the suit citing that the plaintiffs failed to back up their contention that the law is “unduly burdensome and would keep many people from casting ballots.”
“Plaintiffs also have repeatedly advanced novel, sweeping political arguments which, if adopted, would require the invalidation” not only of the photo ID statute “but of significant portions of Indiana’s election code which have previously passed Constitutional muster,” Barker wrote.
The Democrats and the ACLU tried to claim that the law would have a negative impact on elderly, disabled, and minorities. Well, they are partly right. The only people who it would impact are illegal aliens and people who vote multiple times by registering dead people or register their pets.
When this was being argued in Georgia, they tried to claim that requiring an ID to vote was akin to a poll tax. What hogwash. I’d like to know what kind of a person travels out of their home without a means of identification. What would happen if you were to suddenly drop dead walking down the street? How would anyone know who you are?
Everyone should carry a form of ID on them. And keep a list of any medications that they are taking and special health care concerns such as Diabetes and allergies. It could mean your life if it becomes necessary to rush you to a hospital.
So it shouldn’t be a hindrance to anyone to show a picture ID to cast a vote. The only reason why the ACLU and the Democrats oppose this is because if they had it their way, Osama bin Laden would be eligible to vote in the US.
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You are right, the ACLU and the Democrats want the illegal aliens voting, and yesterday!
But why on earth does President Bush support the same policies as the ACLU and the Democrats?
You say states should only issue driver’s licenses and id’s to legal residents. Okay, but that doesn’t mean these driver’s licenses and id cards will be proof of voter eligibility. Legal residents are not all citizens, and not even all citizens are eligible to vote. I just don’t see how this solves the problem. You’d need, specifically, a voter id card, not just a driver’s license or state id.