Requiring
voters to present a photo ID at the polls sounds like a good idea - but
it is everything we hate about government: a complex and expensive
nonsolution to a problem that doesn't exist.
To implement such a law would cost millions each year, would likely disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters - especially women, the elderly and minorities - and would not prevent fraud that it is designed to stop. Now the issue is coming to a head in North Carolina: The House Elections Committee is scheduled to take public comments on photo ID at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Room 643 of the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh.
At issue is not "voter ID" but rather the matter of imposing photo ID restrictions at the polling place. There's no problem, in general, with "voter ID," providing that there are many options for establishing identity, as there are in Alabama and Missouri, where many types of documents suffice.
To implement such a law would cost millions each year, would likely disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters - especially women, the elderly and minorities - and would not prevent fraud that it is designed to stop. Now the issue is coming to a head in North Carolina: The House Elections Committee is scheduled to take public comments on photo ID at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Room 643 of the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh.
At issue is not "voter ID" but rather the matter of imposing photo ID restrictions at the polling place. There's no problem, in general, with "voter ID," providing that there are many options for establishing identity, as there are in Alabama and Missouri, where many types of documents suffice.
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