Why does the left want to prevent us from having integrity in the voting process?

[taillefer]

Are they worried about the dems losing a large portion of their base if we are REQUIRED to prove that we are who we say we are when we go to vote?

And liberals, DO NOT give me any bunk about "disenfranchising minority voters." That argument is 100% pure hogwash.

1. There are four months left until voting day. If someone is too busy to take 1 day off to go to their local registry place, and get a valid, legal, photo ID of SOME type (Driver's license, state I.D., passport, military I.D., etc), then that is THEIR problem. They have to make the time. It's an excuse for being lazy. Nothing more.

2. While it may cost you the same price as two peoples' meals at your local Wendy's, it's NOT that hard to save up a couple dollars to pay for a photo I.D. especially when you KNOW the election is coming up. If you care that much, stick to a single cheeseburger for a couple months and watch the savings add up. Quit getting those double and triple stackers.

3. ONLY U.S. citizens are allowed to vote. Thus, a voter I.D. law is meant to keep the following from voting:

-Unregistered voters (Constitution requires registration)
-The deceased (a great deal of fraud involves the dead voting)
-Illegal Alien CRIMINALS (You're not a U.S. citizen. You don't have the right to vote. PERIOD.)
-Anyone else who is NOT legally authorized to vote by the U.S. Constitution

4. Voter I.D. laws affect and apply to EVERYONE. I assume some "poor white person" would have just as much trouble as these poor minorities you keep referring to. Race has NOTHING to do with it. And frankly, I find the insinuation that only minorities would be affected to be rather insulting. The left seems to have a rather low opinion of what minorities are capable of on their own.

Now... that being said, let's get to the REAL reason the left hates this, for all intents and purposes, VERY reasonable idea.

[matchitisiw]

Maybe its me , but I can't understand why the left does not want to take steps to prevent voter fraud by insuring the integrity of votes cast. The only people opposed to pictured voter ID Cards are those who have intentions of casting fraudulent votes.

[rheged]

Plain and simple, democrat and republican, if you're too stupid to get an id, you do not need to vote anyway.

[tate8]

Integrity is incompatible with liberalism.

[stanciyf]

Doesn't matter
Even if we play by your rules you guys still don't stand a snowball's chance in Hell of winning the White House in 2012

[colfre]

Doesn't matter
Even if we play by your rules you guys still don't stand a snowball's chance in Hell of winning the White House in 2012

Where is th integrity in summarily purging voters without cause?

Republicans always scream "Voter fraud" yet have never shown more then a few isolated cases over decades!

Where is the GOP's integrity to America?

Remember a couple of years ago Bill O'Rielly said there where no homeless vets?He said if there were any they only needed to Fox and he would personally help them!Then next day the Fox News lobby was over run with them! I wonder if he personally helped each one?Or did Fox just call the cops on them?

Bet most of those vets didn't have ID!

[gall]

It is "hogwash" because it alienates people who don't usually carry them. Voter ID law is just a tactic by Republicans to weaken the Democratic vote.

@TruthSeeker speaks the truth. Voter fraud isn't even a problem to begin with.

@Rob- Not true. Many poor people and minorities that are registered voters wouldn't carry an ID.

[ned]

It makes it easier for them to continue their voters fraud. They want loose regulation (i know, sounds fishy) so that they can continue to receive the illegal/immigrant vote.

[forde]

voter fraud is miniscule at best. It gets talked about by the right more than it ever actually happens.