If the GOP in Texas and other states want Voter Photo ID's so badly, then
why doesn't the party push for State Photo ID's instead of making it an issue of
curbing voter fraud?
Certainly, states should have the right to request that every legal citizen
has a Photo ID for identification purposes. The state also has the right to
request some sort of Photo ID for non-citizens visiting or working here legally
via passports and/or other legal visiting documents with a photo.
However, to tie the reason for requiring Photo ID's to curbing voter fraud
is in itself a fraudulent action and also a lie. The percentage of actual voter
fraud due to individuals falsely voting is almost nil. Most cases of voter
fraud occur with voting machine integrity issues and with those people in charge
of managing the voting system and processing votes who initiate an illegal
action, especially re: mail-in voting.
In Texas, Rick Perry and his special interest cohorts are out to make trouble for the poor and the remnants of the middle class, which is almost as extinct as the Wooly Mammoth and Sabertooth Tiger.
So, if the GOP wants to require Photo ID's it should do so in an
intelligent and reality-based manner and not make it an issue of voter
fraud.
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