How will the push for stricter voter fraud laws impact the election in November?

[Anonymous]

I've heard everything from no impact to costing Obama the election. What do you think the impact will be?

[Anonymous]

The democrats will start passing laws and/or changing rules to reduce the number of republicans who will be able to vote.

[jsteele]

Conventional wisdom is that these laws will have the largest impact on demographic groups that are most likely to vote Democratic. However, some anecdotal evidence is emerging that in Pennsylvania, elderly people who have let their drivers license expire may get caught up. That group includes many Republican voters. Ironically, because Romney is heavily advertising the false claim that he and Ryan will better protect Medicare, the number of elderly planning to vote Republican may be going up.

[Anonymous]

Anything that reduces fraud hurts democrats. Liberals are outnumbered by conservatives 2-1. Fraud is liberals only hope.

[Anonymous]

Except there *is* no fraud. Zero cases of in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania. Somethingl like 14 nationwide in the past 12 years.

This is nothing but a pathetic and unconstitutional effort by the Republications to steal yet another presidential election.

[Anonymous]

My husband and I have been debating this in our house because I guess we don't see a huge problem with being asked to provide some form of proof of identity to be able to vote. I was reading the quick article in the Fairfax paper about the VA law which indicated that there had been no need to provide an ID prior to the new law, which was news to us because everytime we have gone to vote, we have been asked for an ID.

Several years back, my elderly grandmother said that all people had to do at her polling place in MD was say name and address. We were shocked.

Now, do I think it is a widespread issue that needs all kinds of new laws? No.

I'm a liberal who has 2 degrees in gov't, and still don't see why being asked to provide some form of ID is a huge burden for voting. Flame away.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

PP please substanties yout poster with facts

[Anonymous]

Poster<> Fact

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I have been debating this in our house because I guess we don't see a huge problem with being asked to provide some form of proof of identity to be able to vote. I was reading the quick article in the Fairfax paper about the VA law which indicated that there had been no need to provide an ID prior to the new law, which was news to us because everytime we have gone to vote, we have been asked for an ID.

Several years back, my elderly grandmother said that all people had to do at her polling place in MD was say name and address. We were shocked.

Now, do I think it is a widespread issue that needs all kinds of new laws? No.

I'm a liberal who has 2 degrees in gov't, and still don't see why being asked to provide some form of ID is a huge burden for voting. Flame away.

Lower income people often don't have picture ID. It's harder for them to obtain for a variety of reasons including simple logistics of getting to MVA or another authorized place to get an ID card. Everything is harder for low-income people. If you don't live it, it's hard to understand.

[Anonymous]

http://www.npr.org/2012/02/14/146827471/study-1-8-million-dead-people-still-registered-to-vote

[Anonymous]

VA is allowing other documents as proof of identity. If a picture ID is too much, surely some other document to prove identity should not be too difficult.

[Anonymous]

From the apparent existence of 1.8 million names of dead voters left on voting lists, someone decided that they all cast votes for Obama. There is no evidence that any of these illegal votes were actually cast. And if they did, given how seniors voted, most of these corpses probably voted for McCain!

Nevertheless, there is a concerted, OFFICIAL REPUBLICAN effort to use this as an excuse to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of living voters. Talk about grounds for public uprising if they succeed in stealing the election!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From the apparent existence of 1.8 million names of dead voters left on voting lists, someone decided that they all cast votes for Obama. There is no evidence that any of these illegal votes were actually cast. And if they did, given how seniors voted, most of these corpses probably voted for McCain!

Nevertheless, there is a concerted, OFFICIAL REPUBLICAN effort to use this as an excuse to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of living voters. Talk about grounds for public uprising if they succeed in stealing the election!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the apparent existence of 1.8 million names of dead voters left on voting lists, someone decided that they all cast votes for Obama. There is no evidence that any of these illegal votes were actually cast. And if they did, given how seniors voted, most of these corpses probably voted for McCain!

Nevertheless, there is a concerted, OFFICIAL REPUBLICAN effort to use this as an excuse to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of living voters. Talk about grounds for public uprising if they succeed in stealing the election!!!

Sotry but the Kool Aid is Republican. How do I know?

Because when state voter ID cases have come into court, not one state has been able to demonstrate the voter fraud do dreaded by republicans. Take for example Texas. By their own admission they can't find it. Rick Perry's own people can't find it.

So anyone claiming 1.8 million stolen votes is apparently either a liar or a fool for sitting on data sought after by every republican governor in office.