“The right to vote is threatened today in a way that it has not been since the Voting Rights Act was passed in to law nearly five decades ago…The real voter fraud is people trying to deny our rights by making voting harder in the first place.”
President Barack Obama, 2014 National Action Network Convention in New York City.
Though many believe them to be an effort at voter disenfranchisement, a recent poll suggest most Americans are actually in support of voter identification laws, perhaps making them harder to combat.
A total of 31 states have active voter ID laws. Many others have had their attempts to institute the laws stuck down and state court with opponents citing little to no evidence of fraud in past elections and the potential of the laws to disenfranchisement the elderly, young people and many voters of color.
For what it’s worth, A FOX News poll released last week found strong support for voter ID laws in every major demographic, including black respondents and Democrats. The poll asked, “Supporters of these laws say they are necessary to stop ineligible people from voting illegally. Opponents say these laws are unnecessary and mostly discourage legal voters from voting. What do you think?”
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For everything else I have to show ID, but any illegal or dead person can vote.
ReplyDeletePart of me thinks it doesn't matter since our vote does not really count anyhow, its only symbolic.
And does voter fraud really matter when most elections can and will be rigged at the flick of a switch.
Without positive I.D., who is it really who is voting at your polls?
ReplyDeleteAnd where have they voted already?
Ask Wendy.
Voter fraud has lead to the disbelief of making a difference with their vote. Prosecute and hold accountable those in charge.
ReplyDeleteVoter fraud has lead to the disbelief of making a difference with their vote. Prosecute and hold accountable those in charge.
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