On Apr 18, 2012, at 10:49 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Just as they should have done: > > <http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/54351#more-54351>
But but but, I thought the 9th was the evil den of islamnocommunisterroritic atheists and lie-berals that had to be abolished!!! Glad we're spending these millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours on an issue that affects 0.001% of all votes...and still won't prevent the majority of illegal voting that does occur: <http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/02/indiana-secretary-of-state-convicted-of-6-voter-fraud-charges.html> And the actual AZ law isn't actually as onerous as many states: a drivers license, passport, military ID or school ID are all ok, so long as you can prove current residence at your registered address with a voter registration card, or two recent utility or tax bills. Arizona was part of the first wave, before ALEC perfected the legislation onto the voting suppression tool it is today, doing things like excluding students, closing DMV offices or limiting their hours in predominantly Democratic areas. I still believe that if a state requires you to provide a state-issued ID to vote, they have to give that ID away free of charge, otherwise it's a poll tax. (And dodges like this were part and parcel the old south's Jim Crow suppression of the vote.) Personally I think we should just go to all vote by mail, or multi-day voting, including Saturday voting. It's as if the powers that be actually want fewer people voting... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
