The People Say Check For Photo IDs On Election Day

[Geee]

Investors Business Daily:

Elections: Democratic politicians consider photo ID requirements discriminatory, but the people disagree. There's broad support for preventing illegal voting, a reflection of how precious Americans hold the right to vote.

Through our history Americans have defended and died for the right to vote. Daniel Webster called voting "a social duty of as solemn a nature as man can be called to perform."

So it should be no surprise to find that across virtually every grouping, the IBD/TIPP Poll found majority support for making sure that only those eligible to vote should do so. Of 912 adults surveyed nationwide during the first week of June, 67% believed voters should be "required to show a state-issued photo ID at the polls before being allowed to cast a ballot."

Only 28% thought they should not be required, while 4% were unsure.

Among Democrats the breakdown was 49% to 45% in favor of the ID requirement, with 6% not sure. Republicans were heavily in favor of voter ID, by 90% to 8%, with 2% uncertain.

Independents also came in strongly in support, 69% of whom favored checking IDs, with 27% opposed and 4% unsure.

Those describing themselves as conservatives were 85% to 12% in favor, with 2% not sure. Moderates leaned toward the ID check by 63% to 32%, with 4% uncertain. Self-described liberals, on the other hand, were against a photo ID rule 57% to 35%, with 8% not sure.

Like liberals, blacks were opposed to voter ID, by a margin of 58% to 39%, with 3% uncertain. Americans of color, of course, were for decades the victims of abuses in voter eligibility procedures.

[NCTexan]

Who the heck cares what the people say?

[Valin]

Don't these people understand that we can't have photo ID's to vote! Son't they know that somewhere there is a poor 97 year old wheelchair bound black lesbian without a photo ID who desperately wants to vote!

[logicnreason]

What are the reasons that are used to argue against picture IDs for voters?

 

Why is a picture ID "discriminatory"?

 

Heck....picture IDs may result in a large "underground" industry. Heck, kids have been using phony picture IDs for years to buy booze! And given the age and eyesite of most of the polling place workers, I'd say the success ratio for using a phony picture ID will be way up!

 

So....why are some people arguing against picture IDs for voters?