Photo ID for voting

[RiverRunner]

It always amazed me that there was 150% voter turnout in Craighead County, AR . . . . .

[Terry Beeson]

Low voter turnout compared with Conway County... my "back home"...

Voter registration was held at the local churches... those with cemetaries out back anyway....

In fact, several years ago after the former county clerk died, they found some suspicious looking boxes in his attic.... Looked a lot like ballot boxes.... hmmmmmm.... filled with pieces of paper.... HHMMmmmmmm.... From "unfriendly" precincts..... HHHHHMMMMMMMM....

If you get a chance, pick up a copy of "How I Stole the Election" by former Sherriff Marlin Hawkins of Conway County Arkansas... At least he admitted it in the title...

[jscheetz]

Seems kind of funny that we have to even bring up the question doesn't it? Seems so common sense to want to verify who is actually voting to make it fair and just. If you are afraid to show your ID for anything there must be a reason! Of course it's too late anyway - I just came back from LA and the guy in charge of security at the airport could not speak English. I don't mean he didn't speak it well - HE COULDN'T SPEAK IT! I had my guitar and we stood in a long line so when I got to the front I asked him which way I should go since I didn't want to be hassled for taking on my guitar in the wrong line - and he could not understand - he had the airline uniform on and everything - was pretty scary thinking he was in charge of security and I have had many more two sided conversations in other countries in the middle of nowhere with people who have no reason to speak English!

So voter id? LEAST of our problems -

JS

[RiverRunner]

"How I Stole the Election" by former Sherriff Marlin Hawkins of Conway County Arkansas.

A truly legendary figure in Arkansas politics

[Randall]

http://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/pubopinion...7a?OpenDocument

heres the mo supreme court's decision on the topic... i'm doing an internship with prosecutor up here and he wanted me to find the decision for him... super long and redundant but easy enough to understand

[Wayne SW/MO]

Come on randall! The key words here are "super long and redundant".

Just tell Terry what it says.

[Randall]

somebody's scared

okay, here goes...

the supreme court decided the case on appeal by the state.

the respondents (not the state) say that it is unconstitutional for the state to require photo identification- which costs money to obtain- they say 3 to 4% of missourians who are otherwise qualified to vote would not be allowed.

they say that requiring photo identification is no different than requiring voters to pay a fee to vote. they also were somehow -and i have no idea how-able to prove that voter fraud was not a problem here.

the trial court that first heard the case ruled in favor of the petitioners, the state appealed. the state supreme court affirmed the decision, meaning nobody has to show identification to vote in missouri.

[jdmidwest]

The point is kinda mute, the voter turnout on a non-presidential election is poor. We would be lucky if 1 voter shows up at the polls for every 2 campaign ads that have run in the last few months.... Get out and vote! And remember, "He called her a liar", well nobody has said she wasn't.

[gonefishin]

With that kind of judgement it seems to me the MO Supreme court showed extremely poor judgment. We should probably get some new judges or start a manditory drug testing and rehab program for supreme court judges, or something.

[skeeter]

Gosh ! Isn't this a surprise, surprise ( as Gomer would say ) ? MO Supreme Court outlaws photo I.D. for voters. One week later St. Louis County receives 4000 fraudulent voter registration cards from ACORN. U. S. Attorney has now requested cards be turned over for possible prosecution of ACORN workers.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stor...2%2C%22acorn%22