Why would anyone want Barack Obama as our next President???

Question

Barack Obama sponsored a Resolution in the Senate opposing a recommendation that EVERYONE should be required to show identification at the voting booth.

http://obama.senate.gov/press/050920-obama_introduces_resolution_opposing_photo_id_requirement_for_voting/index.html

Apparently his stance is that poor people may not afford the LARGE sum of about $10 it takes to buy a ID card.

OK, I will give him that. But with the 10 Million illegal immigrants in this country, and the fact that convicted felons are not allowed to vote, shouldn't we be DEMANDING that people show identification at the booth?
Has he already forgotten the long-gone days of the political machine, where often more votes would be cast in a city than that city has citizens?
The only reason this would ever make sense is if he wanted to cheat in the elections, and that was the only way to do it.

How about, instead of compromising our entire election process, we just GIVE POOR PEOPLE FREE IDENTIFICATION CARDS???

Answer 1

This is still AMERICA. America is for all Legal Americans. And, in this great country of our's exists DEMOCRACY. Because of that we can vote for whoever we want.

My VOTE would NOT be for Barack Obama!

Barack Obama should come back when he gets some experience!

That's my opinion.....Andrew/FreeBird

Answer 2

Uhm.. there are a number of problems with your statements.

1) Illegal immigrants still can't vote. They have to register in order to vote in every state. And while some could get away with it in some states, they aren't a big enough population to bother in the states that are divided enough to make a difference.

2) It was never about the 10 dollars. It is about the effort it takes to get the necessary supporting documentation. They don't give out IDs to just anyone.

3) Those days of over votes are long gone in most states with only a few exceptions as you stated. There is no reason to assume they will be back without IDs.

4) Convicted felons aren't allowed to vote in only a few states. In most, once your sentence is over you can vote again.

5) People who try voter fraud get caught very often under existing laws. There are very few who are willing to make that mistake.

Answer 3

During a teleconference Friday, Obama told reporters there were several good ideas coming from the commission but the call for the photo ID was a really bad one.

"It may seem to make sense on the surface, " he said. "But the problem is you have a large proportion of people who don't have driver's licenses. So, they would have to pay to get state-issued ID cards, which might cost money and cause hardship for minorities."

He offered the state of Georgia as an example of how this mandate could be dangerous, especially for African Americans, Hispanics, seniors and disabled persons.

Georgia has already proposed a law requiring the photo ID.

"There are 159 counties in Georgia and only 56 locations throughout the state where you can get the state-issued ID, and none of them is in Atlanta," said Obama.

The idea of having a state ID so people can cash checks or travel on airlines makes great sense, he told the Chicago Defender.

"But don't tie it to the right to vote," he said. "If every state in the country wants to issue free ID's or even charge for one, that's terrific. But don't put them up as barriers for voters."

He said according to the Georgia chapter of the American Association of
Retired Persons, 36 percent of residents over the age of 75, or one third of them, don't have a driver's license.

In the United States, Obama said, more than three million people with disabilities don't have a government issued identification card.

"And a study done in Wisconsin in June found the rate of license possession by African Americans was half that of whites," he said. "What's most disturbing is this is a solution in search of a problem. There has been no documentation that voter fraud resulting from a person going to a polling place pretending to be someone else is a problem."

Right now, said Obama, if you want to vote in Illinois, you can register by mail or at your library or City Hall.

On Election Day, you show up, give your name and cast your ballot.

If you don't have an ID or proof of residence, you can use something else that matches a name to an address.

"What we've done is set up this resolution, which I introduced in the Senate, to opposed the commission's recommendation, " said Obama. "There are 21 supporters so far. If we can get all 45 Democrats in the Senate, which I'm hoping we can, to indicate their opposition to this, then it sends a strong signal that any attempt to move this forward would potentially meet with a filibuster."

Answer 4

Just how many illegal aliens are out there infiltrating our voting process, pretending to be someone they are not? If anything, I'm sure illegal aliens would stay far away from places where their identity might be questioned. This is just another in a long series of conservative straw man arguments.

Forcing people to show identification at the poll might sound perfectly reasonable, but unless the government is prepared to give ALL identification for free, this is just another type of poll tax.

I am in agreement that all "required" ID should be free, and if that were the case, I would agree 100% with requiring ID at the polls. However in the unlikely event that would ever happen, you would see how quickly these people who are "concerned about the integrity of the voting process" drop their concerns. It is not the ID that is the concern, it is how many people they can discourage from voting that is the issue.

Answer 5

The Commission's "Real ID" recommendation is more restrictive than the photo ID proposal rejected by the Carter-Ford Commission in 2001, and more extreme than any ID requirement adopted in any state to date. The Commission's proposal is so excessive that it would prevent eligible voters from proving their identity with even a valid U.S. passport or a U.S. military photo ID card.

In addition, the Commission's Report fails to undertake a serious cost-benefit analysis. The existing evidence suggests that the type of fraud addressed by photo ID requirements is extraordinarily small and that the number of eligible citizens who would be denied their right to vote as a result of the Commission's ID proposal is exceedingly large. According to the 2001 Carter-Ford Commission, an estimated 6% to 10% of voting-age Americans (approximately 11 million to 19 million potential voters) do not possess a driver's license or a state-issued non-driver's photo ID, and these numbers are likely to rise as the "Real ID Act" increases the documentary requirements for citizens to obtain acceptable identification. The 2005 Carter-Baker Commission does not and cannot establish that its "Real ID" requirement would exclude even one fraudulent vote for every 1000 eligible voters excluded.

Answer 6

I'll answer the actual question first:

I support Barack Obama for president because he is a smart, clear minded, inspiring person. His views on domestic and foreign policy match mine the majority of the time. And I'm not so simple a person that his name or his skin color are factors in my choice for President.

On to the second issue (and it appears larger issue for you), if free ID cards could be provided without any entagling privacy issues, that would be a nice idea. If you can find a way to pay for it, that would be a tremendous idea.

Until you can find a way to get those dones, demanding an ID at the polls amounts to a cleverly designed... what's the word... a POLL TAX. Those are bad.

Answer 7

"Obama pointed out that Georgia's top election official confirmed that photo identification would not have resolved any instances of fraud in the state's 2004 elections, and he expressed concern that a photo voter ID requirement would have the effect of suppressing the vote, not encouraging it, by creating an undue burden on voters without addressing actual fraud."
http://obama.senate.gov/press/050920-obama_introduces_resolution_opposing_photo_id_requirement_for_voting/index.html

Answer 8

In Ohio they charge near $50 for an ID. It costs nearly $50 to replace your birth certificate which is required to get a State ID.

Answer 9

I will not vote for him in the elections as I dont like his stand on a variety of issues including this one and the fact that he voted to allow illegals to get SS benefits.

Answer 10

you're precise u.s. needs a metamorphosis, how is this: right here comes Mr Socialist, already making plans the thank you to regulate you cash, your 401 ok's, IRA's and any funds you have labored for. Yep, he will positioned it on a huge "government's Pot" and no count how complicated you labored you will get at retirement what they suspect you may desire to get. loose healthcare for each individual? pass to Canada and ask what share medical doctors hate their jobs with the government controlling how plenty they could make,possibly you are able to fulfill them working right here in the U. S. border, or pass to invite human beings waiting for a number of months for a surgical operation how they sense approximately it because of the fact there is not any longer adequate hospitals and medical doctors to do the activity. Tax alleviation?? Ask Canadians what occurs while they make extra advantageous than $sixty 5,000 a twelve months? They pay fifty 3% or something like than on earnings tAX!!!!!! no longer even in the White homestead yet yet already nerve-racking tens of millions of complicated working individuals approximately his Hugo Chavez/Castro suggestions. In some months we are going to see him assembly US enemies attempting to cajole them to leave us on my own!! Are you electorate nonetheless on tears of happiness for his election??? i'm SCARED! sure, he's a great speaker and guess what? it is the sole reason he is going to the White homestead.

Answer 11

CRACK obama doest hav e any presidential qualities. No military leadership. no forgin policy experience, far to little american goverment experience, smiling faces shoe no traces of the evil that lurks within. puts words in peoples mouths, and has no idea of what america needs other than his carismick smile he puts on. it would be like letting a 3rd grader run the collage. I like his positive attitude but smiles and krafty answers dont run goverments and provide protection for its people. we need some one who is firm, for the people, one who can bring us back from the cowboy politics of the bush blunders and give our children a futher is stead of the muslims who bush supports. he is smart but not near smart enough to couter the pressure of politics in goverment. he wopuld fold under pressure and all them smiles would ddisapear and then you would see how frail a unexperienced politican can crumble and take this country into a tail spin.