Comments on: Republicans Revisit Jim Crow Laws: Want to Require Photo ID to Vote…

By: charles

charles — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:11:46 +0000

I’m not sure why you need a photo ID to vote.
Your name is on the register and that name can only vote once.
So what is the problem?

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:04:38 +0000

I HAVE LIVED IN VIRGINIA FOR 50 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN AND STILL AM REQUIRED TO SHOW ID AND TO VERIFY MY ADDRESS TO VOTE AS IS EVERYONE LIVING HERE.
IT SHOULD BE A LAW FOR ALL STATES SINCE IT IS A FEDERAL ELECTION.
WHY OPPOSE SOMETHING THAT HELPS WITH HONESTY?

By: mw

mw — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:59:14 +0000

Playing politics with the right to vote is prison mentality. Problem is here in America we encourage people to vote. And we abhor scams that suppress that right.

By: neutrondave

neutrondave — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:14:20 +0000

Funny. Dems have no problems with a 6 year old getting a ‘pat down’ to get on a plane, but prove you’re hear legally… RACIST!!! Obama ran on transparency. This is pretty darn transparent.

By: KAYLA

KAYLA — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:24:20 +0000

Republicans are running the government now. They will win the White House again one day. Be prepared to survive their onslaught on non-rich non-wealthy people.

By: KAYLA

KAYLA — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:21:12 +0000

People came out to the polls and voted Obama in and had to show ID then and during the Bush terms. Shouldn’t make much of a difference in my area. If they believe people won’t go vote who don’t have an ID thus they will win by lack of voters by the power to create laws that make it necessary to have one…shouldn’t these laws be blocked/changed? Trying to win by hook or crook shows you they are up to no good.

By: Sophia

Sophia — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:40:08 +0000

Since all employers ask job applicants to provide a photo ID, any able-bodied American citizen between the ages of 18 and 65 who doesn’t have a photo ID is basically admitting that they have no intention of looking for a job.

By: Zzyzxroad

Zzyzxroad — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:05:55 +0000

Let’s go all the way back to the time when only property owners were allowed to vote.

By: freeta goodholm

freeta goodholm — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:43:36 +0000

I think the author means visit not “revisit”.
Mitt romney, Sarah Palin, Nikki Haley, Rick Perry, and Rick Scott would have to be democrats to revisit Jim Crow.

By: right tackle

right tackle — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:07:14 +0000

“Republicans Romney, Palin, Haley & Perry Revisit Jim Crow Laws: Want to Require Photo ID to Vote…”

This is what Democrats say when they want to defend voter fraud.

I am shocked that I can go into a voting place and NOT have to prove who I am!

My daughter had to produce a birth certificate just to play soccer (hey obama)! How often do you have to produce a photo ID to cash a check?

In what bizarre, twisted world is it racist to require some minimal proof of identification to conserve the sanctity of the voting process?

How often do minorities (along with everybody else) have to produce a photo ID to do any number of things?

I’m sorry but there can be no other legitimate reason to oppose this requirement other than to protect the ability to commit voter fraud. If someone can give me one I’m open to being convinced. Voter suppression is NOT a legitimate reason – certainly not if it’s ok to stand outside a polling place in a paramilitary uniform with a club.