Quote:I would love to hear what liberals are so afraid of concerning voter ID laws. The United States is the only civilized country which doesn't implement voter ID requirements. So, why do the liberals panic when states approve a voter ID law? Why do liberals fight tooth and nail to get those laws repealed?

 

If you use the standard issue talking point and say it's racist, then explain how it's racist. Furthermore, explain why an ID is required for welfare, food stamps, and unemployment and the like and is not racist.

 

How can it be racist to require an ID to vote, but not when it comes to entitlements?

 

I've never heard a liberal say that they think identification to vote is bad, but I have heard of some liberals that don't like the republican sponsored ID voter laws that are designed to attempt to disenfranchise people who are more likely to vote dem than repub.

 

A good example is that in most states gun permits count as positive ID but state institution issued student IDs don't count as ID.

 

Of course there is also the 14th and 15th amendment issues along with a significant history of case law essentially declaring any sort of poll tax illegal, and making people need an ID that costs them either in actual money or causes them to need to miss work in order to get one is arguably afoul of the constitution and established case law.

 

Of course the biggest issue is in what the laws are intended to do. There's never been any evidence of significant in person voter fraud, most of it appears to happen via absentee, something these laws doesn't address at all.

 

So if the effect of the law is to disenfranchise groups likely to vote in a certain political direction and doesn't address the most significant avenue of voter fraud then what was the law really passed for?

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