09-02-2015, 12:25 PM
(08-27-2015, 10:06 PM)jakefromstatefarm Wrote: It would sure be nice if you would address my question about how ensuring someone is a citizen and therefore a legitimate voter is a bad thing.
I don't expect it though.
Do you understand the difference between registering to vote and actually voting. Every person who is registered to vote has already proven citizenship. So the issue of voter fraud that you want to address has to do with voter registration instead of actual voting.
It is almost impossible for a person to commit voter fraud at the polls. The person would have to know of another registered voter that they knew for certain would not vote. That would only happen on such a small scale that it really would not make any difference.
Everyone knows that more restrictions on voter means fewer poor voters. And that helps the Republican party.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/06/25/505953/pennsylvania-republican-voter-id-laws-are-gonna-allow-governor-romney-to-win/
This weekend, Pennsylvania Republican House Leader Mike Turzai (R-PA) finally admitted what so many have speculated: Voter identification efforts are meant to suppress Democratic votes in this year’s election.
At the Republican State Committee meeting, Turzai took the stage and let slip the truth about why Republicans are so insistent on voter identification efforts — it will win Romney the election, he said:
“We are focused on making sure that we meet our obligations that we’ve talked about for years,” said Turzai in a speech to committee members Saturday.
“Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done.”
