Comments on: Voter ID Requirement Upheld

By: S.C. Denney

S.C. Denney — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:03:50 +0000

Noice! Cartoons have a way of simplying things for people.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:31:04 +0000

Found it:

http://blogs.indystar.com/varvelblog/09272007.jpg

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:25:22 +0000

There was an interesting political cartoon around on Daryl Cagel’s aggregate site a few months ago addressing this issue. It had several frames, each one showing someone using a picture ID to do different things: get into movies, but certain beverages, taking books from the libraby, getting cash at the bank, etc. The last frame is a voter being asked for a picture ID and flipping out. O political cartoons.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:33:39 +0000

we have a people’s veto petition in opposition to the real ID.
i wonder how many signatures we will get.

By: S.C. Denney

S.C. Denney — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:33:10 +0000

Ah, interesting. Taken from the Washington blog link: "the Indiana law "requires voter ID for in-person voting and does nothing to ensure the integrity of absentee voting." How do you go about ensuring the validity of absentee voters? Even if everyone who has a drivers liscence/government ID is educated and informed and remembers to bring it to the booth on election day (doubtful), there are still lots of people who don’t have those things. According to Justice John Paul Stevens, 99% of Indiana voters have accetable forms of photo identification. No doubt this policy makes the system less prone to fraud, but we can’t pretend like there is no downside whatsoever. The downside is that it is inevitably going to prevent some legitimate voters from casting their votes. People are irresponsible in not obtaining photo IDs (honestly, anyone who wants to function in the free market should have some sort of photo ID, for checks, booze, cigarettes, etc) -- you are right. People are also forgetful -- you are right, again.

By: Alejandro

Alejandro — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:03:48 +0000

HaHa, of course. Everyone has bias its always important to look at point of view, which is why I like to disclose dispite the bullseye it gives.

By: jkkuwitzky

jkkuwitzky — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:44:28 +0000

I do, of course, retain the right to dispute the expected scurrilousness of any such posts.

Welcome, Alejandro. Its about time another Washingtonian commenter showed up around here.

By: Alejandro

Alejandro — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:32:46 +0000

Hey my friend eddie carson recommended this blog to me. I’m a poli sci and econ major at american university in dc and interned at mccain’s hq in arlington as well as the rnc during the midterm elections. Just to let you know for the sake of background and full disclosure. That being said when I went to vote in the primary here in dc I had to show a photo ID like everyone else in the district. I think the trade off is worth it considering it strengthens the ligitimacy of our democratic institutions. I doubt that there will be significant disenfanchisment once the public gets adjusted to the idea that you bring an ID with you to the polls not to mention once democratic organizers get adjuisted and start filling out forms for their constituencies en masse.

By: David M. Manes

David M. Manes — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:02:05 +0000

I’m taking notes…

By: jkkuwitzky

jkkuwitzky — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:00:57 +0000

1) Negotiating with/establishing normal diplomatic relations with Cuba
2) Trade (though I tend to think that she and Obama are both full of shit when it comes to their sudden opposition to free trade)
3) Immediate withdrawal from Iraq (though I also think she and Obama will end up doing something quite different than what their campaign rhetoric suggests)
4) Maybe this is not policy-related, but I think she is too religious (though that, of course, has its political benefits)

I’ll plead guilty to defending my candidate, but not on issues where I disagree with her. I’ve been trying to let some of it go lately, but when it comes to shameless disingenuity (i.e. Elrod’s quote) I just can’t do it. Write a post about how she is wrong to oppose normalizing relations with Cuba, wrong to oppose free trade, wrong to promise an unmeasured withdrawal from Iraq, or wrong to be so religious and I’ll let it slide.