Re: Canadian man living in Broward pleads guilty to voting illegally in ‘08 president
Selective reading, my friend.
Do
"minority, handicapped and elderly voters who don't normally maintain driver's licenses" ever cash checks or use a credit card? Do they make purchases of cigarettes, alcohol, or pornography? Do they literally have no situations in their lives that require the use of ID in any way?
Further, why is it only the minorities, elderly, and students who are discriminated against? What about the white, middle-aged males who don't drive?
In short, it's not a specific demographic that is "discriminated" against, if you can even use that word. Life in this country is exponentially harder without photo ID, and photo ID is ridiculously easy to obtain.
Do you not think the poor, elderly and students are less likely than the rest of the population to have:
1) A driver's license
2) A passport
???
You are intentionally leaving off just regular old photo ID cards, issued by the same agency that issues drivers licenses. But that's really beside the point.
The poor - if they qualify for programs such as food stamps or welfare... don't they need photo ID to obtain those entitlements?
The elderly - they may not be eligible to drive anymore, or maybe never drove in the first place, but do they claim social security benefits? Don't they need photo ID for that? If they are Medicare consumers, don't they need photo ID at the hospital?
Students - assuming they do not drive, which is a vast minority of them, do they not have to cash checks, either from school aid, student loans, or mommy and daddy? And don't they have to have ID to enroll in school? Don't they have to have a state issued photo ID to get their school issued ID? I had to show my driver's license to get both my student ID and my parking pass. Mind you, they weren't checking to see if I was an eligible driver, they were checking to see if I was who I said I was so I could get the pass, because the pass is included in the price of tuition. Back when I had two cars, I was never ID'd for my second pass; it was simply a $10 fee.