As if anyone needed more proof that our society is on a feeding tube, Reuters deadpans the following lead in a story entitled “Voting laws may disenfranchise 10 million Hispanic U.S. citizens: study”:
“New voting laws in 23 of the 50 states could keep more than 10 million Hispanic U.S. citizens from registering and voting, a new study said on Sunday, a number so large it could affect the outcome of the November 6 election.”
These Nuremberg-like laws include “proof of citizenship for voter registration. That imposes onerous and sometimes expensive documentation requirements on voters, especially targeting naturalized American citizens, many of whom are Latino, the liberal group said.”
And: “Nine states have passed restrictive photo identification laws that impose costs in time and money for millions of Latinos who are citizens but do not yet have the required identification, it said.”
Voter fraud is becoming normalized: You can tell because every story about voter-registration laws contains the word “onerous” vis-a-vis a specific demographic, usually blacks or Hispanics. “Disenfranchised” is another favorite, although not even a second’s worth of breath is wasted on those effectively disenfranchised by illegal and fraudulent voters.
You’ll notice, too, the disdain toward minority groups, couched in the technocratic language of “studies.” Minorities are all assumed to be too broke or too incompetent even to obtain a photo ID or provide citizenship documentation. These wretches, the technocrats would have us believe, have no driver’s licenses, birth certificates, passports–nothing. They all live in mud huts and caves in the Mojave, where there are no DMVs, no post offices, no county clerks from whom to obtain documentation. In this view, to ask them to prove they can vote legally before helping to decide how politicians should divvy up our salaries is a rather overt exercise in cultural imperialism. To which I say: get over yourselves. If you want to have a say in how much I and others should “donate” to the federal government for your benefit, you better get your ass some ID and get it quick.
Weird how, in this one particular, the left does not insist we follow the example of France — which requires identification at the polls.
They’re like that with nuclear power, too.
When you consider the list of things one cannot do without some kind of government issued photo ID, you’d think that the inability to vote would be the very least of their problems.
Without a government ID you can’t: drive, open a bank account, obtain any meaningful credit, rent an apartment or attend school. That’s just for starters.
To oppose voter ID laws you need to be one of two things: completely thoughtless or looking to profit from voter fraud. There’s not really a third choice.
The SNAP website indicates you should bring a photo ID when you apply for assistance. I suspect this is not enforced, or they accept expired IDs or forms that do not prove residence/citizenship.
To add to your list, without a photo ID, you can’t:
1. Enter many federal buildings including the Justice Department.
2. Board an airliner.
3. Buy sudafed over the counter.
4. Open a bank account.
5. Use a credit card in many stores (and I’m grateful to those who check).
Isn’t 10 million the number usually tossed around as the number of illegals in the country?
when one becomes a naturalized citizen, doesn’t he receive a document? so what is this”…but do not yet have the required identification”?
At every naturalization ceremony I’ve ever attended or seen publicized, there is a voter’s registration table available. Your citizenship document, signed by a judge, is plenty of proof to get a voter’s registration.
All any reporter has to do to check this out is, you know, pick up the phone and call any courthouse, or maybe ask a real live naturalized citizen. But that doesn’t fit the meme, does it?
I have a suggestion. How about we allow the governments of at least 50 of the states to set their own standards, without interference from the Justice Department, as to what steps one has to go through to vote.
The governments of the 51st through 57th states, on the other hand, would be obligated to abide by whatever criteria the Justice Department comes up with….