How does it help our democratic process when those that are either too stupid or lazy to obtain a valid ID are allowed to vote? What are your opinions are the potential fraud involved in a mail in election such as in Oregon?
2007-10-02 11:31:44 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
You need a valid ID to drive, by liquor, sign up for welfare, cash a check, and many other things, so this is just an attempt to keep the cheating going on by the democrats.
2007-10-02 11:37:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 6⤋
I don't think that people who can't provide a photo ID should be allowed to vote, either. We have to do what we can to prevent voter fraud. I'm a liberal, and I know that some have argued that such laws discriminate against the elderly and the poor, many of whom tend to vote Democratic. However, I disagree, because I can't help but think that if they're able to go somewhere to register to vote or are able to travel to the polls, they should also be able to go somewhere to get a photo ID of some sort.
2007-10-02 11:38:36 · answer #2 · answered by tangerine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What do you want, a blood test? a reading quiz?. Shall we just jump back in time when only white males who owned land could vote?
On your concern about Oregon: I'm from Oregon. The mail-in election process allows a person to vote at their convenience over a 2 or 3 week period. As for fraud, each mail-in envelope has to have a valid signature on it to be counted. Any electoral process is open to fraud.
When you create a better lock, you spawn better crooks
2007-10-02 11:43:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Its allowed for the benefit of both major parties.
It needs to end today!
Most areas consider anyone over 18 without valid ID a vagrant. Vagrancy is against the law. Why then are they allowed to vote?
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Naturelover doesnt seem to understand that both parties have been shown to regularly rely on illegitimate votes in history, why would they be different now? Or is that just an acknowledgment that the Repubs are more likely to have drawn the districts and been more likely to steal votes from within the govt?
2007-10-02 11:43:29 · answer #4 · answered by Showtunes 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe that voters should have to show a valid form of identification in order to vote, but that would not have stopped my friend from being able to vote fraudulently in the last presidential election and the one before.
Someone signed her up for a voter registration card using a fake ssn and she received a card in the mail.
She's a citizen of India!
Furthermore, they had her down as a Republican! Seems those folks were up to mischief as well in 2000!
Before I could get the card from her to turn in to the authorities to investigate, she shredded it.
Some people would not have been as ethical, and as I said, all she would have had to do is show her driver's license and then there would have been one more vote for Ralph Nader and no one would have been the wiser!!
2007-10-02 12:31:57 · answer #5 · answered by SWMynx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The new laws are supposed to prevent that from happening and they should be enforced. There is the great possibility of voter fraud to take place when poll workers don't do the job they are hired to do. No one should be voting without the proper ID. There are specific documents which are acceptable to identify the voter and they should be checked and indicated as being proper and acceptable by the poll worker who is in charge of getting the signature and paperwork from the voter. I know that voter fraud has taken place in different states and that some of it has been planned. No one should be permitted to get away with this. Rules should be strictly enforced. We need to tighten our rules and not slack off.
2007-10-02 12:21:39 · answer #6 · answered by turkeybrooknj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-19 18:24:26 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't need ID to register to vote. All registered voters should be allowed to vote. It wouldn't be hard for people who want to commit fraud to get fake IDs. Perhaps making everyone show their voter's registration card would be enough. Why are we requiring people to register if we are going to make them show ID at the polls?
2007-10-02 12:36:53 · answer #8 · answered by Just my opinion 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a good point. The way it is now is a crooked politician's dream. To work or apply for any benefits, or even have a bank account; Americans have to have ALL the proper papers. It SHOULD be the same for voting. Otherwise there is too much room for corruption.
2007-10-02 11:41:56 · answer #9 · answered by Constitution 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nature Lover - that you got 5 demerits by the time I wrote my response proves you are right. Those libs just can't get their brains around the facts about preserving our vote because their leaders think they need illegitimate voters to win.
2007-10-02 13:07:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't aware that they could. I have to have a valid ID to vote in my state.
2007-10-02 11:54:17 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋