Comments on: Voter ID bill disenfranchised

By: joyce

joyce — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:14:29 +0000

Why the heck should anyone have to prove who they are ? OBama didn’t have to. Let’s all be mysterious …. Its a law to have i.d. to register to vote,
Break that law, lets do them all in, No i.d. for school registration, to enter a hospital bed, get a library card, getting food stamps, show i.d. to a policeman, to cash a check, getting a drivers licence, on and on and on.
Ya know, those leftist democrats will surely get their way, because if the leader of our country doesn’t have to show his i.d. then guess he has the right to say ” Ya don’t have to prove who you are honey cause you’re gonna vote for me. Welcome to communist America folks.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:59:27 +0000

This really is a simple issue that the left has been allowed to paint as a civil rights issue without any real challenge. Come on…make them PROVE their point. Show us the facts that support the elderly, poor and minorities don’t carry IDs. Then, show us the facts that say they won’t carry the ID if it is required for voting? And given that this bill would have allowed any one of thirty different forms of ID, tell me why they have access to NONE of these documents. We just let the left keep touting the same story over and over again without a real challenge.

Geez, by their argument, we could say that requiring someone to register is a violation of their privacy and an undue burden. Maybe everyone should just be allowed to show up and, without announcing who they are, vote.

By: Mike Hickman

Mike Hickman — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:55:21 +0000

Just think if you had to have an ID to vote. The Democrats would lose half of their voting base. That really would put them in a pickle in a honest election.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:30:13 +0000

Since the law CURRENTLY says that you need a government ID to initially register to vote, every voter is supposed to have an ID. By what logic are the elderly or Hispanics less likely than other voters to remember to bring their ID? What they are really saying is that many voters are registered to vote WITHOUT government ID, in violation of the law. Checking ID at the time of the election would catch those who never had ID in the first place.

By: SHARON

SHARON — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:19:56 +0000

WE NEED OVERTURN THIS REDICULOUS RULE. I IMMIGRATED HERE IN 1964 FROM CANADA. I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO CITIZENSHIP. I ELECTED NOT TO BECAUSE SHOULD MY CHILDREN LOOSE THEIR DAD I WOULD HAVE NEED TO RETURN TO CANADA AS THEY HAVE NO FAMILY HERE IN THE US.I HAVE BEEN HIGHLY INVOLVED AND PRODUCTIVE LO THESE MANY YEARS, WISHING I COULD VOTE. I GUESS THE TIME IS NOW TO FOLLOW THE ILLEGAL CROUDS AND SIMPLY BREAK THE LAW. THE PRISONERS IN OREGON CAN NOW EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE. GO FIGURE HOW THEIR VOTE WILL GO!!!!!! AMERICA WAKE UP AND SAVE THIS COUNTRY I SO LOVE

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:49:22 +0000

Gee, what a shock that this issue is coming down along party lines. Can you imagine the arguments from the left if the homeless and illegals were republicans and the shoe were on the other foot? “Oh, we need identification to assure the civil right to cast a valid vote isn’t being jeopardized,” would no doubt be the new concern. Not shocking is that the backlash is coming against the populist, socialist movement as in Massachusettes; people don’t like their country hi-jacked and governed from the extreme left by an administration that is determined to push a leftist agenda of socialism at the expense of the will of the majority.

By: TA

TA — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:37:00 +0000

I thought it was against the law not to have identification on your persons at all times. This is just an excuse by these groups to encourage voter fraud, which has been out of control in this state for years. I think the whole system should be changed. At this point, I feel that everyone must re-register to vote, at the County Clerks Office and provide valid identification and documentation in order to vote and only allow voter registration to occur at the Clerks Office. How do you think Boxer etc…keeps getting re-elected. STOP VOTER FRAUD NOW OR NOTHING WILL CHANGE.

By: LEE

LEE — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:09:22 +0000

PETE RINCON IS CORRECT. I EXPECT TO BE DISSED BY THE DIMOCRATS. I DO’NT HOWEVER EXPECT THE REPUBLICANS TO SIT IDLY BY AND LET US GET RAN OVER. THE CONSERVATIVES MUST PUSH A LOT HARDER, AND WITH MORE VOCAL LEADERSHIP THAN WE HAVE NOW OR WE’LL BE STUCK BEHIND THIS BUS FOREVER. I HAVE’NT HEARD A CONSERVATIVE MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT IN CA OR D.C. EVER DO ANYTHING EXCEPT “TRY TO GET ALONG”WITH THE DIMS. SORRY, BUT IN POLITICS NICE GUYS FINISH LAST.

By: L. HYAK

L. HYAK — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:56:30 +0000

The fight to keep the honesty out of elections began with motor voter or vote early and often, the stuffing of the ballot box, the corruption of voting machines in fact anything to help destroy the integrity of the voters expression is being sought by these same groups under the guise of discrimination. We have had intimidation at the ballot box by the black panthers and the perp is recieving protection from the USAG, who is himself a number one suspect in how to make a end run on civil liberties and corrupting the legal system, antics that dismay and anger voters and tax payers alike.

This resistance is akin to that of Prop 8, in that attempts ot institute the legal right of the majority by use of the ballot box is constantly thwarted by finding a judge in the legal system that will side with the minority opposition and their drive to tyranize the outcome. It is a disgusting way to practice your right to appeal but then maintaining a Republic that is bent on using democracy to express freedom truly does test the patience of the majority and the sanctity of freedoms. Sometime in our future it would be good to see commonsense find a safe harbour.

By: Pete Rincon

Pete Rincon — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:52:25 +0000

I submitted a comment yesterday on Katy’s piece related to the initiatives for November. Senator Huff should have presented his bill as helping those that are currently disenfranchised, to be able to vote without fear of any kind of discrimination. For the elderly and handicapped, don’t they need any kind of identification to obtain a handicap parking placard to hang off of a vehicle’s rear view mirror? Conservatives are getting behind the curve on these issues. No wonder the lefties are taking over everything. Let’s start talking about how conservative strategies will benefit the common person. I think as a group, conservatives are stuck with the law and order mentality of the 1980’s & 1990’s. This millenium we coservatives need to be helping people. Law and order should only be a bi-product of our efforts at helping people survive in this millenium.