- Sep 26, 2000
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Across the nation many states, at about the same time, decided to enact laws requiring a picture I.D. to vote. If the legislatures who proposed these laws did so in the belief that voters were voting illegally and a photo id would prevent that, then I have no problem with it.
However, if the legislators proposed these laws in an attempt to keep voters without picture id's from voting, because they knew these voters tended to vote for the opposition party, then is it a crime? Wouldn't that be an attempt to disenfranchise certain voters?
So if, say, two legislatures discussed the picture id and discussed how it would hurt voters who tended to vote for the opposition, then I say it is, or should be a criminal offense.
I think if we had a Democratic or a fair Attorney General that this would be investigated.
Do you agree?
However, if the legislators proposed these laws in an attempt to keep voters without picture id's from voting, because they knew these voters tended to vote for the opposition party, then is it a crime? Wouldn't that be an attempt to disenfranchise certain voters?
So if, say, two legislatures discussed the picture id and discussed how it would hurt voters who tended to vote for the opposition, then I say it is, or should be a criminal offense.
I think if we had a Democratic or a fair Attorney General that this would be investigated.
Do you agree?