I agree that there is no voter I.D. fraud in Missouri. So why this bill to require such I.D.? It could be a class issue, preventing the have nots from voting. But since the voting machines are already rigged, that seems unlikely. More likely, this bill is to help justify the national I.D. card being proposed by the FED’s, giving every person a 9 digit number to identify them. This National I.D. card has already been rejected in numerous state legislatures.

If the repubs insist on having a Voter ID law, I think they should also create and fund a new department that is devoted to getting everyone a Voter ID, with that department bearing all of the time and expense necessary to get it done. If they have to put an employee on an airplane to Alaska, Hawaii, New York or California in order to retrieve a birth certificate, then so be it. Otherwise, the repubs are in effect instituting a poll tax.

Bob
I am sorry for your plight on getting your birth certificate. You no longer have to go to the county where you were born. Just go to your local Health Dept. and they are available, on computer, from anywhere in the state.

The voter ID insures a fair, and honest election, without dead people being able to vote. I agree with you that voting is a right, but it also one vote, per person, per election, which has been abused in the past.

I hope when Missouri gets their voter ID law, that they have accomodations for the handicapped, by having mobile units visiting communities every few months.

Shell

We already have a National ID card with 9 numbers. It is called a Social Security Card.

Let everyone who comes in the door vote, put the sealed non Photo-ID ballots in a seperate box. When the ballots are counted, divide the ballots with no Photo ID 50/50, count half of the no Photo-ID ballots for the Democrats and half for the Republicans. That way everyone gets to vote and all the votes are counted.

Bob Pund:

“Considering that there has not been one documented case of voter ID fraud in Missouri, do we really want to take the vote away from American citizens who just want to vote?”

Just a few years ago, a dog was registered to vote in the city of St. Louis. It was done as a prank but fraud was prevented only because the dog was alive and didn’t automatically qualify as a Democrat. You and I must have a different definition of voter fraud.

Lisa12:

“If the repubs insist on having a Voter ID law, I think they should also create and fund a new department that is devoted to getting everyone a Voter ID, with that department bearing all of the time and expense necessary to get it done. If they have to put an employee on an airplane to Alaska, Hawaii, New York or California in order to retrieve a birth certificate, then so be it.”

I thought your example was extreme until I remembered the 2000 Presidential Election. The man in front of me had both wrists broken and could not initial the voting register. The clerk had him flown to Switzerland, engaged a world renown osteopathic surgeon to insert pins and wrap them in plaster casts and a team of nurses escorted him back to the polls and then, his ballot was cast. Those in line behind him were then allowed to vote. I guess my question is, broken wrists or birth certificates, why don’t loopies exaggerate a situation whenever they can?

Yes, being a quadriplegic you have to relight on the kindness of friends and family members to obtain an ID. How did you travel to the polls before the ID law? If you voted absente how did you travel to the Notary? Yes obtaining an ID is a hassle, but how were you independent before this law came into action? I’m not putting the author down for his disability. I’m just raising questions about the hassles of voting before this law.

JD: You no longer have to go to the county where you were born. Just go to your local Health Dept. and they are available, on computer, from anywhere in the state.

Does the local Health Dept have birth certificates for everyone born outside of Missouri, too?

Lisa12

Don’t know about out of state. My wife had to get her’s when she renewed her drivers license. We live in Jefferson County, and she was born in Franklin. I called Franklin Couty to find out what needed to be done, and they said to go to any Health Dept. in the state. We went to the one in Arnold, and for $15 she got a notorized copy. I asked if it worked anywhere in the state, and they said yes.

Since there is a system like that, they should be able to have card readers at polling places to verify voters creditionals, but they must also have a failsafe system in case the reader goes down, or someones card does not read.