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So, in your opinion,

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Sep 19 '12, 12:46

the purpose behind every state that is pursuing a form of a Voter ID Law

is to decrease access to the voting booth?

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Yes. Particularly given how difficult it can be for people to get state-issued ID's. - Kim Pine Sep 19, 12:57 8
- Plus, the costs involved in getting the documents plus the cost of the ID itself. - Spawn Sep 19, 13:00 7
  - Right. IDs are free here, but we had a case last week where someone was still charged anyway. - Kim Pine Sep 19, 13:01 1
    - (free if they're being obtained for voting purposes, that is) - Kim Pine Sep 19, 13:02
  - Aren't the ID's free in some states? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 19, 13:00 4
    - Documentation, like a copy of a birth certificate, isn't. -- nm - mara Sep 19, 13:06
    - Maybe in some, not in all. -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 13:04
    - you are talking about the possiblity of a law keeping a legal voter from being able to vote. as an american citizen you should - dogbert Sep 19, 13:03 1
      - sorry, typo... "you should *not* be behind -- nm - dogbert Sep 19, 13:07
It absolutely is. It is squarely aimed at reducing the demographic issues that the republicans faced. There is a reason these issues are being - pmb Sep 19, 12:55 10
- See link below. 34 (?) states pursued voter ID laws. - Strongbad Sep 19, 13:00 9
  - if it takes away the constitutional right of even one citizen to legally vote, it is wrong. if someone says that people should not be able to own a - dogbert Sep 19, 13:11 1
    - Is there a right to vote in the Constitution? - Strongbad Sep 20, 04:15
  - The ill, the elderly, the poor... -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 13:06 1
    - Just the ill, elderly and poor Democrats? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 20, 04:10
  - Virtually every one of those states is republican controlled. And why will it prevent those people from voting? Several reasons. Cost. Effort. - pmb Sep 19, 13:06
  - That report says that the laws passed in those states will make it harder for five million eligible voters to vote. -- nm - Roger More Sep 19, 13:05 1
    - (correction: could, not will) -- nm - Roger More Sep 19, 13:06
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    - I'm asking why because I want to fully understand your position on this issue, that's all. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 20, 04:19
that's kind of the whole point of them, no? - znufrii Sep 19, 12:53 1
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- Wish I had more time to get into this - Strongbad Sep 19, 12:58 6
  - Take a guess: did a Republican or a Democrat say this: ""I don't want everyone to vote. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite - mara Sep 19, 13:03
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    - And how many of the introduced pieces of legislation were based on the work of these guys -- (link) - znufrii Sep 19, 13:07
    - I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this point. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 19, 13:07 1
      - Do whatever you want that disparages Republicans, you seem to enjoy that. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 20, 04:09
  - Virtually every state that has introduced this (I believe it's 33 of the 34) is Republican controlled at the state level). -- nm - pmb Sep 19, 13:02
it sure isn't to increase access. if it was just to get people who shouldn't vote out, all they have to do is continue what was started in the link. - dogbert Sep 19, 12:50 2
- If the dems didn't have such a rich history of voter fraud, that 'why' question would have a simpler answer. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 19, 12:58
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uh, yeah. They are pretty much all designed to hit urban areas hardest, namely young black people, namely Democrats. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 19, 12:47

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