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dc_dux · 01-10-2008, 09:38 AM

Perhaps there is a misunderstanding of the issue in question.

It is not opposition to the necessity for a valid ID in order to vote. That is not being questioned.

The question I raised in the OP was if a specific requirement for a STATE-ISSUED PHOTO ID disproportionately impacts particular segments of registered or eligible voters (seniors, minorities) and/or if the rationale for the law (to prevent fraud) is legitimate when the state can produce no evidence of fraud under the old (pre-photo) voter id requirements.

In Indiana, there is a larger percentage of seniors -as opposed to all voting age citizens -who do not possess a STATE-ISSUED PHOTO ID and are now barred from casting a regular ballot until they obtain such an ID. Apparently some 30,000-40,000 seniors who have been voting for years are affected.

Is this an undue burden on a particular class of citizens? To not be an undue burden, the STATE-ISSUED PHOTO IDs should be both free and easily accessible...and they are not.

I wont raise the question of the political motivation of the legislatures in question...intent is much more difficult to prove.

01-10-2008, 09:38 AM	#27 (permalink)
dc_dux Location: Washington DC	Perhaps there is a misunderstanding of the issue in question. It is not opposition to the necessity for a valid ID in order to vote. That is not being questioned. The question I raised in the OP was if a specific requirement for a STATE-ISSUED PHOTO ID disproportionately impacts particular segments of registered or eligible voters (seniors, minorities) and/or if the rationale for the law (to prevent fraud) is legitimate when the state can produce no evidence of fraud under the old (pre-photo) voter id requirements. In Indiana, there is a larger percentage of seniors -as opposed to all voting age citizens -who do not possess a STATE-ISSUED PHOTO ID and are now barred from casting a regular ballot until they obtain such an ID. Apparently some 30,000-40,000 seniors who have been voting for years are affected. Is this an undue burden on a particular class of citizens? To not be an undue burden, the STATE-ISSUED PHOTO IDs should be both free and easily accessible...and they are not. I wont raise the question of the political motivation of the legislatures in question...intent is much more difficult to prove. __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 01-10-2008 at 09:43 AM..