*Why oh why would these democrats lie? Within that same bill is the requirement that those indentification would be paid for if the person could not afford them. "People need photo IDs to board planes, buy alcohol, cigarettes, get perscriptions, or cash checks and the government will give it to them for free through many State and Federal agencies. This is not a new concept and Americans want safe borders and safe ballots." **Which also baffles me on the concept of why there's so many NEW 'unsafe' electronic ballot systems, when supposedly the livid public feels otherwise. It just seems like 'the people' are not decesive enough. Perhaps someone can explain that to me...??? *shrug* http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060922/us_nm/usa_immigration_elections_dc WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Friday said legislation that would require voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in federal elections was little more than a poll tax and urged Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to stop the bill. The measure, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week largely along party lines, would require voters to present at the polls a photo identification that also proves citizenship for federal elections beginning in 2010. Republicans said proof of citizenship is needed to crack down on voter fraud and ensure illegal immigrants do not vote in U.S. elections. Democrats said there is no evidence of widespread abuse and that the cost and effort required to get such a document would discourage poor voters, the elderly and people with disabilities. "Worst of all, this bill recalls a dark era in our nation when individuals were required to pay a poll tax to cast their ballot and has been termed a 21st century poll tax," Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and three other Democrats wrote in a letter to Frist, a Tennessee Republican. Democrats said the only identification that would meet that requirement is a passport, which costs $97 to obtain. Only about 25 percent of Americans have passports. Democrats fear Republicans will attach the photo identification measure to a domestic security spending bill the House and Senate could vote on next week. They say such a move would be politically motivated to draw Democratic opposition to the homeland security bill that otherwise would easily pass just weeks ahead of the November 7 congressional elections. If the identification measure were enacted it would likely face legal challenges. Recently judges in Missouri and Georgia ruled unconstitutional state laws requiring voter photo identification.
Since one of the requirements to voting is citizenship and you have motor voter laws that let anyone register to vote who gets a drivers license; how do they monitor the legal status of voters currently?
Well, you have to have some sort of valid info to register; but that doesn't guarantee (in some states) from saying your name and voting for you....say I know your injuryed, not desiring to vote, or even dead...I can still vote in your place...just by saying your name and address. Atleast that's how it is in Cali. Any real form of indentification should do.