VOTER ID - THE TRUTH

Voter ID laws have been at the forefront of the news again, especially here in Pennsylvania, where a judge has just delayed implementation until after the election. Ok, put away your emotions and preconceived opinions smuggled into your head by the news media, and lets examine the facts.

1. The Constitution grants the right to vote to legal CITIZENS of this country. That's correct, citizens only. Citizen does not mean resident. There are legal and illegal residents of this country that are NOT legally allowed to vote.

2. The specificity in the Constitution therefore imposes a duty to insure that only citizens vote.

3. One argument put forward by those opposed to voter ID laws is that there is no voting fraud now, so such laws are superfluous. Hmmm, recall the Minnesota Senatorial race in the last election where Al Franken was declared the winner, after a recount, by less than 300 votes? And over a year later, when an official investigation revealed over 3k votes by dead people and convicted felons, a judge ruled it was too late to change since Franken had already been sworn in and serving for a year. Al Franken was one of the pivotal votes that passed Obamacare.

4. Opponents argue ID laws would disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of legal voters. Really? How many people do YOU know who have absolutely no way of identifying themselves? The only group I can think of OTHER THAN ILLEGAL ALIENS who might have a sizable number of those would be the Amish, and I suspect the majority of them have some means of identification.

5. You have to prove you are who you say you are to obtain driver's licenses, get loans, fly on an airplane, even open a checking or savings account at a bank. If you are detained by the police for anything, and can't show identification, your going in the tank until they identify you.


So I ask you, why would ANYONE be opposed to voter ID laws? Obviously for the same reason they have refused to do anything serious about the Mexican border problem. Because the Democrats want the illegals here and they want them voting, because they'll vote Democratic, because that's where all their assistance money comes from.

And speaking of illegal aliens, according to 2010 study, they cost the U.S. taxpayer a staggering $113 billion dollars per year. That's $1,117 PER citizen household! 30% of federal prison inmates are illegal aliens, and they're not in there because their illegal aliens, they're in because they committed serious felonies.

I know several of my friends are staunch Democrats, and I invite ANYONE to present rebuttal via the comments.

Dumb Farmer