Free Voter IDs Should be Given

The Republicans purport to believe that rampant voter fraud exists, and it’s all perpetrated by the Democrats.  They can’t really explain how it happens, but they propose to stop it by requiring some type of identification be presented, in order to cast a vote.

I’m guessing they think someone registers under different fake names and then goes to vote (for a second time, or third or tenth, depending upon how dedicated they are to committing fraud) as those persons.  Politifact debunks this concept as false.

Therefore, to combat the multiple votes, they believe requiring the presentation of official ID such as a picture identification would inhibit fraud because PEOPLE CAN’T FAKE PICTURE IDs, right?

No.  That’s been proven as patently false.  So, it must have another less immediately obvious purpose.  And the only one that makes sense is that they believe there are many people out there who won’t be able to afford an official ID, or who won’t be able to hang on to the one they have, or have a reason why they are opposed to the idea of official IDs, and those people need to be stopped from voting.  Democrats cry foul, because they say, the voter ID laws target the populations of people who tend to vote Democratic.

Voting is a not only a responsibility, it’s a right.  If a person has a right to vote, then the state can’t put restrictions on that right by requiring something additional from the voter that the voter does not possess.  That would be unconstitutional, would it not? 

If the state makes picture ID a requirement to vote, it must make sure every voting citizen is given that required ID, FOR FREE.