Simple question: Why shouldn't states issue voter ID cards?
This has been preying on me the last few days, especially when I see people here write that they weren't required to present any ID to be able to vote. Just sign their names and the election worker would compare the signatures.
I went to my HMO today for some blood work. They took my HMO card and asked for a photo ID. I asked the receptionist if people really walk in there pretending to be someone so they can get stuck with a needle. What happens if they can't produce a photo?
"Sometimes people come in who aren't members, but their relative is..."
"Ah, I see: 'I'll just borrow my brother's card...'"
"You got it!"
If I want to drive a car, I have to get a driver's license with my photo on it. If I want to get on a plane, I have to show the license. If I want to go into my office building, I have to show my building pass with my picture to the rent-a-cop at the door. If I forget my building pass, I have to show my driver's license, and then they compare that picture to the one they pull up on their computer monitor at the security desk. If I want to go to someone else's country, I have to show a passport with a picture of me before they'll let me in.
I find none of this oppressive. What's so "intimidating" and "coercive" about being required to produce a photo ID at the polling place? Remember Bill Clinton waving the proposed HillaryCare Health Insurance card, proclaiming that "every American will have one"? Why is a health insurance ID card a good thing, but a voter ID a threat to civil liberties?
This has been preying on me the last few days, especially when I see people here write that they weren't required to present any ID to be able to vote. Just sign their names and the election worker would compare the signatures.
I went to my HMO today for some blood work. They took my HMO card and asked for a photo ID. I asked the receptionist if people really walk in there pretending to be someone so they can get stuck with a needle. What happens if they can't produce a photo?
"Sometimes people come in who aren't members, but their relative is..."
"Ah, I see: 'I'll just borrow my brother's card...'"
"You got it!"
If I want to drive a car, I have to get a driver's license with my photo on it. If I want to get on a plane, I have to show the license. If I want to go into my office building, I have to show my building pass with my picture to the rent-a-cop at the door. If I forget my building pass, I have to show my driver's license, and then they compare that picture to the one they pull up on their computer monitor at the security desk. If I want to go to someone else's country, I have to show a passport with a picture of me before they'll let me in.
I find none of this oppressive. What's so "intimidating" and "coercive" about being required to produce a photo ID at the polling place? Remember Bill Clinton waving the proposed HillaryCare Health Insurance card, proclaiming that "every American will have one"? Why is a health insurance ID card a good thing, but a voter ID a threat to civil liberties?
