BigTreeDeac
Ricky Peral
"This elections bill is a cynical effort to take from certain groups of Americans their most cherished right." What a load of horsehit. If it is their most cherished right, I'm pretty sure they can find a way to get proper identification in the 15 months prior to the next election of importance. We need IDs to buy guns, buy alcohol, drive a car, get in to certain buildings, even see an Rated-R movie or borrow a fucking library book. People are fine with the government soon having access to every medical record compiled about every single one of its citizens, but for some reason shouldn't be allowed to require basic identification when voting? Bullshit. Regardless of whether there is an identifiable fraud problem, the concept that we do not need to require identification to perform a task as crucial as voting is simply absurd and utterly indefensible.
Congrats on listing a bunch of shit, only one thing of which is a "right". I would agree with this premise if the IDs were free, the agencies that offered the IDs had operating hours that made it feasible for everyone to have access, and in the case of the multitude of areas in which it is a long commute to get them there is transportation provided. You can think it is an indefensible position to not require IDs to vote, I think it is an even more indefensible position to demand people get an ID they clearly do not need and NOT provide easy means to do so. When I lived in Cleveland (not a small city mind you) I originally had to drive over 30 minutes to get to the BMV to get my license. You have to understand that such a journey during the normal operating hours of such gov't institutions is not feasible for everyone, right?