http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/24/1331847/-How-to-defeat-Republican-issued-IDs?detail=email
You're probably not going to believe me but most of the work can be done in a single sentence:
Call these proposals what they are: Republican-issued IDs.
Voter ID
Voter ID is a good thing. People want voter IDs because they don't want voter fraud. Voter IDs invoke other sorts of IDs like drivers licenses, social security cards, college IDs, etc. Identification grants appropriate access and prevents fraud.
Identification is required for flying on airplanes, for purchasing alcohol, for senior citizen and college discounts, etc.
Here's the rub. We already have voter ID. You need identification to vote. Identification is used to prevent voter fraud. Voter identification is needed to help make sure voting is fair. Even in states that don't require a photo ID at the polls, they typically verify your identification using the signature from your voter registration.
This is why there is no voter fraud.
Let me repeat: We. Already. Have. Voter ID. Voter ID is what we have.
70% of voters believe citizens should be required to prove their identify before voting. Voter identification can be a good thing if it goes along with expanding registration and creating more non-partisan elections.
Republican-issued ID
I'm against the abuse of voter IDs to make the voting process more difficult for certain voters. We should be expanding access to voting, not limiting it.
All the proposals on the table are Republican-issued IDs being proposed by states with Republican-led governments. Republicans are interested in the process not because they're interested in democracy and expanding access to voting, but because they believe they can control the identification process to prevent Democrats from voting.
They will close license bureaus in Democratic districts, they will limit hours, they will charge money for Republican-issued IDs, and they will make it as difficult as possible for Democrats to obtain Republican-issued IDs.
For example, in Texas, you can use a Texas concealed handgun license as a form of ID, but you can't use a college ID. Handgun owners typically vote Republican, college students vote Democratic. Why is the Republican-led government favoring one group over the other?
This is not voter identification. This is Republican-controlled and Republican-issued identification.
In Wisconsin, a judge recently struck down Republican-issued ID because evidence was presented that it placed an undue burden on poor people who work. A drivers license or Wisconsin picture identification can only be obtained through the department of motor vehicles. There are 92 DMV service centers in the state. All but two of these close before 5:00 p.m. and only one is open on weekends.
We should stop using their framing and call it what it is: Republican-issued ID.
Republican-issued ID invokes the idea of partisan politics. It invokes the idea of using government to specifically advantage one group over another. It is everything everyone should rightfully hate about government. It is undemocratic.
there are still many who will ignore this common sense description of what really is under the republican skullduggery they are so fearful of losing that they employ multiple ways to cheat voters out of their vote and taking the voice of those who might not be able to comply with the hoop jumping that's demanded in order to still be refused if you are not a republican voter.
Holder needs to amp up his actions to these constitution busters and not leave it to someone who might not approach it with his fervor or at all, now that would be the legacy of all time to leave. how can those who vote for them knowing what they are doing to other Americans how can they call themselves Americans, watch out because once voting is over they are coming after you too you are just a means to their end elections have nothing to do with you except placing them at the herad of your table. recognize
