Across country, GOP pushes photo ID at the polls

[NJMaverick]

Quote:RALEIGH, N.C. – Empowered by last year's elections, Republican leaders in about half the states are pushing to require voters to show photo ID at the polls despite little evidence of fraud and already-substantial punishments for those who vote illegally.
Democrats claim the moves will disenfranchise poor and minority voters — many of whom traditionally vote for their candidates. The measures will also increase spending and oversight in some states even as Republicans are focused on cutting budgets and decreasing regulations.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett, a Republican, said he believes his state's proposed photo ID law will increase citizen confidence in the process and combat fraud that could be going undetected.
"I can't figure out who it would disenfranchise," Hargett said. "The only people I can think it disenfranchises is those people who might be voting illegally."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_voter_id;_...NvdW50cg--

[Dagnabit]

Quote:I can't figure out who it would disenfranchise," Hargett said

Somehow I get the feeling this guy cant figure out a good many things.

[Cha]

The only Fraud that goes on is from freaking rethugliCONS.

[OptimistesMaddie]

Pole tax anyone?

This is about placing obstacles in front of Americans who want to vote. You see this is what happene to black America and now they are doing it to all of America.

Elderly that don't drive and can't get around.
Poor that don't have cars and don't have two nickels to rub together.
College students who are not residents of the state
And many more......


This is about elections not voter fraud....(considering that Ken Blackwell committed felony like acts by putting less voting machines in urban areas where people couldn't wait hours to vote is more of a crime than anything)