All this /outrage over a non-problem. Fraud that can be stopped by picture IDs is virtually non-existent. It's a solution to a problem that does not exist.
Oregon, for example, has vote by mail. No picture ID at all. Surely, surely, if voter fraud was a problem, a place like Oregon would be rife with it. But...
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Oregonians have many good reasons to be proud of our election system.
Our voter turnout is among the highest in the country. Our vote-by-mail system is admired throughout the United States and around the world. It’s convenient and enjoys wide popular support in the state. Most importantly, it’s secure.
Despite these successes, I hear concerns about the safety of our system. Some people still fear that the it’s rife with fraud, including illegal immigrants registering and voting or thousands of deceased Oregonians still on the voter rolls and receiving ballots.
I listen carefully to these concerns, but the fact of the matter is they’re wrong. Fraud is extremely rare in Oregon and when it happens, we take it very, very seriously. Oregonians have cast more than 15 million ballots by mail since 2000. In that time, we have investigated thousands of fraud complaints, including examples of those mentioned above.
Those thousands of investigations resulted in nine prosecutions. We’ve issued fines and jail terms and seen deportations. But nine prosecutions out of thousands of investigations tells us we’re not looking at systemic voter fraud. Most complaints are well intentioned but unfounded.
Read more:
http://democratherald.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_a3a58f66-548b-11df-ac8e-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1jK3ZbWO7
The argument that people who are too lazy to go through the rigmarole of getting a picture ID don't deserve to vote is a specious one. For one thing, it is unconstitutional. For another, a lot of these folks are old and/or ill and/or handicapped. They should be applauded for making the effort to vote. Instead, Republicans are putting up barricade after barricade to make it harder. And Outpost sheep are following them faithfully.
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“Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it.†– Richard Feynman
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