Is it unconscionable to require an ID to vote?

Question

Why are some people afraid to verify that voters are who they say they are?

notme: Who the hell doesn't have an ID of SOME kind in this country?? How would you verify that the voter is who he says he is? If that's not important to you, then you're proving all of these other answers correct.

Answer 1

I can't come up with even a lame reason, why this shouldn't be required. I've tried. I got nothin'.

Answer 2

We have to present ID to cash a check, get a new license, sometimes even to use a credit card so why should we not require photo ID when we do something so important as vote. You know why they do not want to verify that this person is who they say they are, because you can't vote but once unless you say you are more than 1 person. You also have to be alive to vote and dead people do not have photo ID. That's right they want to cheat and not requiring an ID makes it easy.

Answer 3

The only people that are afraid are Democrats. Its the only way they feel they can win an election. I am a registered Democrat and have mostly voted Democrat in the past but I will never vote Democrat again. The Dems care nothing about the middle class American Citizen. I realized that when I watched the senate debate illegal immigration and when I watched the many Dem's (such as Ted Kennedy) speak at the illegal immigration rallies. informing the illegals "that they are America", and "that they built this country".

Answer 4

If positive ID is required, that would go a long way towards eliminating voter fraud and that's the only way the dems can win in an election through voter fraud and by having dead people vote. Look at the presidential election and the districts who posted more votes than there were people registered to vote. democratic districts by the way.

Answer 5

While registering as a Deputy Registrar I found that another person has the same social number as myself along with a birth date that is one day off from my date of birth in the same state. I have been a Registrar for some time now in another state and have began to wonder the same thing that you are wondering. I am comfortable not knowing. Answer to the question I guess not!

Answer 6

I assume one needs ID to buy a gun, another constitutional right.

So why not an ID to vote?

Really, I agree - it boggles the mind that some people are so against any anti-fraud measure. The same people who complain every time they lose that "the election is rigged."

Answer 7

While working in the polls we were suppose to verify but an older lady who was in charge told me do not bother. I asked why and she said she did not want to offend anyone. She said them knowing the name and address was good enough!

I was further upset when she gave ballots to those who were not on the list. They were suspicious to me and I figured, with them not being able to speak the language very well, they were illegals.

This is when California was voting for Arnold....what a mess!

Answer 8

No, ID should be required, we require it to purchase cigarettes and checks, why wouldn't we require it for something as important as voting. ID will eliminate a lot of fraud and ineligible voters

Answer 9

A person who votes in an election where they are not entitled to vote steals a vote from those entitled. Even if they just vote in a precinct where they don't live they are taking away the rights of one person in that precinct for every illegal vote cast. It is immoral not to guard against this.

Answer 10

Because if you required an ID to vote, illegal aliens couldn't vote.

The judicial system just ruled that non-American citizens have the same rights as American citizens (see the Gitmo case) and that makes voting their right.

Thats the democratic plan for winning the election.

Answer 11

I think it's unconscionable to require less ID to vote than it requires to get an airline ticket.