http://blog.mysanantonio.com/texas-politics/2012/03/voter-id-good-elections-or-a-mugging/
Voter ID is not about preventing voter fraud. Voter ID is not a racist disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of Hispanics.
Nowhere else in the Elite Media will you see an honest framing of the issue. Only from this Elite Media bastion of truth. Here's the issue, honestly framed: Should we impose an inconvenience on elderly Hispanic Democratic voters, knowing it will likely keep some (maybe lots) from voting? The upside is that some of these folks won't show up to vote. The downside is that some of these folks won't show up to vote. So just answer the question, YES or NO.
Why do we keep talking about voter fraud, and protecting democracy, and the rest of the nonsense coming from Rick Perry and John Cornyn? Why does the rest of the Elite Media allow it? Why aren't they cross-examined about the evidence of voter fraud the Voter ID law would prevent? Is the rest of the Elite Media scared of Greg Abbott?
Why do we keep talking about disenfranchising minorities? You know what disenfranchises minorities? Jim Crow laws and Grandfather Clauses, that's what. How is anyone disenfranchised by a requirement to get a photo ID? Guess what - the DPS issues photo IDs to everybody, regardless of ethnicity. Save your disenfranchisement drama, DOJ and Charlie Gonzalez. (Gonzalez: "Millions of our fellow citizens might be disenfranchised." http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Voter-ID-laws-disenfranchise-Americans-3205446.php#ixzz1pOEa2Whi)
If the would-be disenfranchised voters can find out when the election is, get themselves to the voting location, and cast a ballot, they can get a photo ID. Sure, some voters may be inconvenienced to the point they won't mess with voting. But don't call that disenfranchisement, because that's not what it is.
Voter ID has nothing to do with voter fraud or minority disenfranchisement. Stop talking about it in those terms.
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