Requiring
voters to present a photo ID at the polls sounds like a good idea - but
it is everything we hate about government: a complex and expensive
nonsolution to a problem that doesn't exist.
To implement such a
law would cost millions each year, would likely disenfranchise tens of
thousands of voters - especially women, the elderly and minorities - and
would not prevent fraud that it is designed to stop. Now the issue is
coming to a head in North Carolina: The House Elections Committee is
scheduled to take public comments on photo ID at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Room
643 of the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh.
At issue is not "voter ID" but rather the matter of imposing photo ID restrictions at the polling place. There's no problem, in general, with "voter ID," providing that there are many options for establishing identity, as there are in Alabama and Missouri, where many types of documents suffice.
At issue is not "voter ID" but rather the matter of imposing photo ID restrictions at the polling place. There's no problem, in general, with "voter ID," providing that there are many options for establishing identity, as there are in Alabama and Missouri, where many types of documents suffice.
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