Photo identification required

LARRY ANDERSON
Larry Anderson

As the nation edges closer to the election finale, you may have noticed an increase in the Left’s indignation concerning the need to provide photo identification before casting a ballot for one of the presidential candidates.

Photo identification produced before one is handed a ballot is just common sense since it is illegal to vote in America if one is not a citizen.

As you certainly should know by now, citizenship is irrelevant to the Left as evidenced by their immigration rhetoric and behaviors such as catch and release and sanctuary cities. Hard Lefties would like nothing more that to stuff the ballot box with the votes of those not qualified.

To get what they want, the Left must march out its most trustworthy rationale: discrimination. We are told by these lusty guardians of democracy requiring identification discriminates against the elderly, the poor, the disabled, and minorities.

The argument, of course, is bogus, a shortcut to power wrapped in a phony defense of democracy. Here’s why it’s counterfeit as described by Cal Thomas, one of the most widely read columnists in the country. Thomas is citing Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner:

“You must have a photo ID if you are 25 or under and wish to purchase alcohol or cigarettes. Store signs say so. Want to open a bank account? Photo ID required. Here are the rest of the categories: applying for welfare, Medicaid and Social Security (presumably poor people take advantage of one or more of these programs); unemployment benefits; rent/buy a house, or apply for a mortgage; drive/rent/buy a car; get on an airplane; get married; buy a gun; adopt a pet; rent a hotel room; apply for a hunting or fishing license; buy a cell phone; visit a casino; pick up a prescription (or buy restricted over-the-counter medications); donate blood; apply for a license to hold a demonstration; by an “M” rated video game; purchase nail polish at CVS.”

There are situations daily that require a photo ID. I recently had to produce my driver’s license to cash a check at the bank I have been with for over 35 years. Big deal.

Photo identification or a reasonable substitute (birth certificate, Social Security card, etc.) are necessary at times and have become a part of life. These will correspond with voter registration.

Sure, producing ID is sometimes a minor nuisance, but the practice is designed to protect, not discriminate. If a person–a voter, say–has nothing to hide, then ID should not be a problem.

Now, there may be situations when a person can not vote conveniently. For example, elderly people living in a retirement facility may not be physically able to get to the polls. Perhaps they no longer drive. In those situations, there must be a means of bringing the vote to them. Voting stations should be set up in nursing homes and hospitals so people can exercise their right to participate if they so choose.

Identification required, however, as it must be for everyone. If that person no longer has a photo ID, there will certainly be a matter of record obtainable via other means. Tax records, for instance.

The whole liberal presentation that requiring ID is too inconvenient or impossible to provide is a lie. Said lie is designed to push the endless discrimination/racism scenario that accompanies all Left-wing politics. They promote it because it works with those who don’t respond critically or logically.

Cal Thomas said this in regard to ID discrimination against the poor: “Notice the left never focuses on emancipating people from poverty. That might make the poor independent of government, which would be intolerable to the left. They need a reliable voting bloc and keeping the poor dependent on government is a modern form of slavery in the extreme.”

Yup.

This is where I mention again that Barack Obama revoked welfare-to-work. Both Obama and HRC have spoken solemnly about photo ID discrimination. Both lie with impunity to satisfy a political objective.

Says Thomas in conclusion: “…these voter ID laws should be upheld. Otherwise, expect more votes from dead people, illegal aliens, people with false addresses and even Mickey Mouse. All of these scenarios have occurred in previous elections and are likely to be repeated in this and future ones without proper identification.”

Lefties insist there is no such thing as voter fraud.

Not protecting the vote speaks to the Left’s goal of democratic destruction and their selfish need to win at any cost.

The solution is not to let that happen.