Photo ID for voting

[bowfin47]

In Louisiana, we've had to show photo i.d.'s for years... No problems.

However, it really did cut down on the number of dead people that typically voted in each election.

[ollie]

All for it over here!

[Rusty]

In our area the moto is vote first and often. I won't say what political party says that, but dead folks should not be allowed to vote. Voter ID, you better believe it.

[LostMyWife]

The votng montra of the Illinois Democrat..

"When I die, bury me in Chicago. That way I can stay active in politics!"

[Thom]

I keep hearing how easy it is to get a photo ID. My wife who is now disabled would not be able to vote in the last election had that law been upheld. I went to get the Mo ID card that she would have needed. I presented her old drivers license and the worker told me that that was not enough I also needed her birth certificate so I went back home and got her birth certificate and then they told me that that had her maiden name on it and now I needed a marriage liscense. After the third trip and standing in line three times we had her ID. As it turns out she didn't need it. My mother who has voted for years could not get an ID in time for the election because her Birth certificate had to be sent for from Italy where she was born even though she had been a citizen and ironically a poll worker for years.

By the way one of those reasons in the court decision was based on the Hancock , a republican, amendment that states that no law can be passed without funding provided.

The ID cost 11 dollars and we finally have it. We had nothing to hide. Just wanted to exercize our right to vote as we have for the 38 years we have been married.

The voter registration card which now used is verified and sent to registered voters and has as many safegards as any ID. If you think an ID is the answer just ask any of the illegals in this country and they will tell where a photo ID, SS card and drivers license can be obtained for $50 Dollars. I have seen them and you can't tell the difference.

[LostMyWife]

Proving who you are should be a requirement to vote. In every state. Voting fraud would be drastically reduced.

If it inconveniences people, so be it. Inconvenience is better than fraud.

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[Thom]

I tend to agree with you about the ID being a good idea, but passing a law just months before an election to desenfrancise folks who have voted for years was not a good way to do it.

If the Missouri congress wants to revamp the law now would be a good time to do it giving people time to get the paperwork done. Make it a process that would be without red tape and foolish rules that now exist.

A good way to start would to have the election registration offices to provide forms to legal register voters that are not dead that they could take to the license offices to get a photo ID that would be only good for voting and do it for free. That would meet all of the constitutoinal issues that struck down the law.

It would be a simple process to check public records to determination validy of the voters residency and eldigibility. cut out the political crap by the license bureau and political pundits. They tell you that the patriot act requires them to do all of that stuff. I called three license bureaus and got three different answers as to what I had to do. It's crap, pure political crap.

Hey LMW:

I just noticed from your profile below your picture that you are from Edwardsville. I lived in Collinsville for about 20 years and pastored a Church in Edwardsville for 5 years. Great community and folks. I know lots of fine people there and both of my son's played football and wrestled against the dreaded EHS teams.

Hope to meet you on the stream sometime and get aquainted. Good talking to you even when we may disagree. I find that I often learn more from folks with whom I disagree than those who nod yes to everything I say.