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Originally Posted by Robbie
kane, I'm not so sure that it's aimed at the "poor" or "minorities". They all have ID for the most part. Especially the REALLY poor who are on any kind of govt. assistance.
Nope...as I said earlier...I think it's aimed at keeping people who are not legal citizens from voting.
And IF a person from Mexico was here "illegally" and was going to vote...he would vote for the party that gives him the most "stuff" for free.
So in my mind...The Democrats don't want to lose those potential votes, and the Republicans want to shut that down.
Both sides are vested in it for their own power.
But in the end...showing ID to vote is a perfectly common sense move.
And if Democrats REALLY cared about "minorities" and "the poor" who supposedly do not have ID's by the millions...then they could turn their "Get Out The Vote" drives into "Get An ID And Vote" drives.
It's just not that hard to get an ID for the majority of healthy people. And if the Democrat Party Machine in towns can go pick people up in buses and take them to vote...then why can't they pick them up in buses and go get an ID too? 
Nope...this is all about a "voting block" that theoretically exists: Illegal Immigrants.
Has nothing to do with poor people or "minorities" (the race card).
Poor people and minorities aren't stupid or helpless. And the vast majority of them HAVE ID so they can live their lives. |
I disagree and think it is just the opposite. If I were living illegally in a country the last thing I would try to do is vote and put myself in a situation where people might find out I am an illegal.
The studies have shown that people who tend to vote democrat also tend use the early voting days and those without ID's, depending on the number you believe it could be a good segment of the population, also tend to vote democrat.
There is a reason (as far as I know)that every one of these bills has been put forth by republicans. They want to keep the poor, the disenfranchised, and the elderly who are on state assistance away from the polls because they tend to vote democrat.
I don't doubt for a second that the democrats would love to find a way to help illegals vote, but I think they are working on doing that through easing immigration laws. Make them legal first, then get them to to the polls.