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Originally Posted by jrc
On the voting, the 14th amendment clearly states that only citizens of the United States must be guaranteed the right to vote in federal elections. It's not really crazy to ask them to demonstrate citizenship before they vote is it? Are you suggesting we just take their word for it?
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I would not have a problem with asking voters for id if the was a demonstrable need for it. However there has been NO voter fraud in numbers of any significants. Perhaps you would like to show evidence to the contrary? I would love to see that.
While illegal voter fraud is extremely rare, illegal "voter suppression" is not . It happens all to often. A few years ago in NH one party hired an outside company to jam the other parties telephone lines on election day with computer calls. Thus preventing that campaign from organizing rides to the polls for voters. But I predict you will not be able to do that. Voter suppression laws exist to prevent poor and minorities from voting. They do not pass the laugh test.
That is the kind of illegal and unconstitutional activity that should be stopped.
And if you can prove voter fraud is happening in numbers of any significants then I am ok with requiring an id to vote. However voter id laws do not pass the laugh test.