"I am a white guy and I just don't understand why this is considered voter suppression."
It isn't. It's politicking. Makes one wonder why Democrats are against it so adamantly. Nah. Actually it doesn't. It's pretty obvious. As you stated, ID's are required for a plethora of events and activities. Things that require an ID: Driving Obtaining welfare Buying liquor Buying cigarettes Buying certain cough medicines Writing a check for an in store purchase Getting back into the United States from Canada Arriving at your doctor's office for an appointment Depositing a check at the bank and getting cash back Make a credit card purchase Applying for a loan Selling scrap copper Getting married To get on a plane To get insurance To rent an apartment To get a job Getting a library card To get a hotel room To rent a car To give blood Potential forms of ID Drivers license State ID card Military ID Concealed handgun license Passport Citizenship ID Voter ID card "The idea is that these people are disenfranchised since they're\ Americans, born here, living here, and simply do not have the documents we all consider a routine part of life. " It's a talking point, but it's BS. But to get around it, let them cast provisional ballots pending identity verification. "They are too busy just trying to survive every day and generally don't have time or money to get to the government office 50 miles away to file the papers and wait for documents to come to an address they might not have." Maybe. And maybe they are just to damn lazy. Regardless, if they are to busy surviving or too lazy, then they are too busy or too lazy to keep up with the issues. So, if they are citizens who are eligible to vote, I don't want them to vote. Too easily swayed by ambiguous, substance-less slogans like "Hope and Change" J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339057 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
