Illinois uninterested in voter ID law
Illinois uninterested in voter ID law
Your Sunday edition of Nov. 16 contained a column by Catherine Rampell from the Washington Post writers group. In this column, Ms. Rampell asserted that voter ID laws amount to voter suppression, and that these laws in fact changed the outcome of "some of the closest races this month."
First, in order to register to vote, one needs to be able to prove he/she is a citizen qualified to vote. How, in fact, does one do that without any ID? If then, when a voter is at the polls and desires to vote, how is it suppressing the vote to insure that the person desiring to vote is in fact the person who actually registered to vote? The logical way to determine that the "voter" is the person who registered is to request their ID.
This Democrat hand wringing about voter ID laws is nothing more than complaining about the attempt to curb voter fraud. Their loud wailing and litigation, fighting voter ID laws causes me to wonder why they are so against attempting to minimize voter fraud? Could it be that they are actually encouraging those who haven't or aren't able to register to actually commit voter fraud by voting illegally?
No, that can't be the reason. Even though there are common jokes about the legendary Chicago "river wards" that the Illinois Democrat machine manages to squeeze out most of the cemetery votes they need during any close election. I'm sure these are not jokes based in any facts. It so happens that Illinois does not have any voter ID law and no apparent intention of establishing any.
Scott Marshall
Naperville