Today's Wall Street Journal posted an article about some states moving toward requiring voters to show identification in order to vote.
Thursday, Wisconsin lawmakers sent a bill requiring photographic identification for voting to Governor Scott Walker's desk to be signed. Kansas passed an even stricter law a few weeks ago.
According to the article:
"...Kansas's Secure and Fair Elections Act combined three elements: (1) a requirement that voters present photo IDs when they vote in person; (2) a requirement that absentee voters present a full driver's license number and have their signatures verified; and (3) a proof of citizenship requirement for all newly registered voters. Although a few states, including Georgia, Indiana and Arizona, have enacted one or two of these reforms, Kansas is the only state to enact all three."
Texas sent a photo-ID bill to Governor Perry last Monday. Next year Missouri voters will get to vote on a photo-ID requirement.
I posted an article about voter fraud in Texas in March (rightwinggranny.com). Part of that article stated:
"...Most of the findings focused on a group called Houston Votes, a voter registration group headed by Sean Caddle, who formerly worked for the Service Employees International Union. Among the findings were that only 1,793 of the 25,000 registrations the group submitted appeared to be valid. The other registrations included one of a woman who registered six times in the same day; registrations of non-citizens; so many applications from one Houston Voters collector in one day that it was deemed to be beyond human capability; and 1,597 registrations that named the same person multiple times, often with different signatures."
The article at the Wall Street Journal also points out:
"Carrying a photo ID has become a part of American life. You can't cash a check, board a plane, or even buy full-strength Sudafed over the counter without one. That's why it's not unreasonable to require one in order to protect our most important privilege of citizenship. But just in case any person lacks a photo ID, Kansas's law provides a free state ID to anyone who needs one. Other states have included similar provisions in their photo-ID laws."
Voter identification is needed to keep our elections fair and honest. In April I reported on documented cases of voter fraud in the last Massachusetts election (rightwinggranny.com). I hope all states will begin to ask voters to identify themselves when they vote.
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