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The_First_Twin Member Since: June 2006 Contributions: 1914 Gold Stars: 225 View User Posts	Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:38 am Central Time The passage of a bill here in Texas looks certain, requiring voters show photo ID before being allowed to cast a ballot. I am personally in favor of this. How about you all ? Great idea ? Think it is bad or at least unnecessary ? Discuss.
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greenhornet Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 15850 Gold Stars: 210 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:42 am Central Time The_First_Twin wrote: The passage of a bill here in Texas looks certain, requiring voters show photo ID before being allowed to cast a ballot. I am personally in favor of this. How about you all ? Great idea ? Think it is bad or at least unnecessary ? Discuss. view Unnecessary and potentially unconstitutional. What do you do for people who don't drive, like the elderly and poor folks who ride the bus? You can say they can get a state ID, but how are you going to get them there? It's been a big deal in Wisconsin because the Republicans were convinced that after all the effort they put into getting W elected here in 2000 and 2004, the only way they could have lost by such a close margin (less than 1/2 a percentage point in 2000 and less than 1 percent in '04) was through vote fraud. But then Obama carried the state by 6 points and it kinda put that little conspiracy theory to rest... And doesn't this belong on the debate board? _________________
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Beatles4ever Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 8146 Gold Stars: 763 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:42 am Central Time I think it's a good idea so we know all folks voting are legal citizens. And if you are too poor to even have a state I.D. then one will be provided for you.
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greenhornet Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 15850 Gold Stars: 210 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:49 am Central Time Beatles4ever wrote: I think it's a good idea so we know all folks voting are legal citizens. And if you are too poor to even have a state I.D. then one will be provided for you. view Yeah, but how? Is the state going to come around to every home to make sure someone has one? It's a nice idea, but voting is a constitutionally guaranteed basic right. All this ID stuff is just capitalizing on suspicions about folks who aren't white. _________________
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The_First_Twin Member Since: June 2006 Contributions: 1914 Gold Stars: 225 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:50 am Central Time greenhornet wrote: Unnecessary and potentially unconstitutional. What do you do for people who don't drive, like the elderly and poor folks who ride the bus? You can say they can get a state ID, but how are you going to get them there? It's been a big deal in Wisconsin because the Republicans were convinced that after all the effort they put into getting W elected here in 2000 and 2004, the only way they could have lost by such a close margin (less than 1/2 a percentage point in 2000 and less than 1 percent in '04) was through vote fraud. But then Obama carried the state by 6 points and it kinda put that little conspiracy theory to rest... And doesn't this belong on the debate board? view It's not a debate, dear. It's just a statement of fact that asks afterwards for an opinion. I'm not arguing it-I just wondered what everyone else thought. If the mods want to move it to the debate board, they can. I don't mind.
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greenhornet Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 15850 Gold Stars: 210 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:51 am Central Time The_First_Twin wrote: It's not a debate, dear. It's just a statement of fact that asks afterwards for an opinion. I'm not arguing it-I just wondered what everyone else thought. If the mods want to move it to the debate board, they can. I don't mind. view I feel cold. _________________
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Rooney Member Since: January 2007 Contributions: 5217 Gold Stars: 894 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:51 am Central Time greenhornet wrote: All this ID stuff is just capitalizing on suspicions about folks who aren't white. view So how would you categorize that RM? Under Voter? Rights? Driver's License? White? Racists? _________________ Wake up and smell the coffee, Mrs. Bueller. It's a fool's paradise.
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The_First_Twin Member Since: June 2006 Contributions: 1914 Gold Stars: 225 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:52 am Central Time greenhornet wrote: I feel cold. view Try some whiskey.
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Beatles4ever Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 8146 Gold Stars: 763 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:53 am Central Time greenhornet wrote: Yeah, but how? Is the state going to come around to every home to make sure someone has one? It's a nice idea, but voting is a constitutionally guaranteed basic right. All this ID stuff is just capitalizing on suspicions about folks who aren't white. view I'm not concerned about someone's color....just their legal right to vote in this country.
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The_First_Twin Member Since: June 2006 Contributions: 1914 Gold Stars: 225 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:03 am Central Time Okay, Mods, I guess this needs to be moved to the debate board.
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Beatles4ever Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 8146 Gold Stars: 763 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:05 am Central Time The_First_Twin wrote: Okay, Mods, I guess this needs to be moved to the debate board. view I debate that assumption....
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greenhornet Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 15850 Gold Stars: 210 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:27 am Central Time Beatles4ever wrote: I debate that assumption.... view Remember how a few months back you said, "Once again, GH, you are right " because, of course, I was? Well, it's time to say it again now. _________________
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Beatles4ever Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 8146 Gold Stars: 763 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:29 am Central Time greenhornet wrote: Remember how a few months back you said, "Once again, GH, you are right " because, of course, I was? Well, it's time to say it again now. view No.....not again! Never again!
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greenhornet Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 15850 Gold Stars: 210 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:43 am Central Time Beatles4ever wrote: No.....not again! Never again! view You know you want to. Just say it, child, and I will loosen the rack. _________________
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James Bishop 006.75 Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 2032 Gold Stars: 693 View User Posts	Re: Voter ID required Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:49 am Central Time greenhornet wrote: You know you want to. Just say it, child, and I will loosen the rack. view THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!
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