Requirements to tighten Voter ID laws in other states are met with heavy opposition by the Democratic party. Opposition, which may or may not be warranted. They Dems do not hesitate to roll out the old chant that restrictions prevent people from voting, are the equivalent to literacy tests and keep minorities, the poor, the disabled and college students from voting. I've often wondered how asking someone to produce an ID that confirms their identity, in order to exercise that most treasured of rights, voting, is somehow discriminatory. But then again, I'm inserting logic into the equation and everyone knows, that's not allowed.
In Virginia, one can present many forms of ID in order to vote; a utility bill or bank statement will suffice. What concerns me most however, is that despite the plethora of information out there to educate residents, one registrar put it succinctly when she said "You can't make people read stuff or pay attention."
Indeed you cannot. I posit that many of these people are, in all likelihood, the same folks who drink the Kool-Aid of their respective political parties, believe everything they hear on the news and know it must be "true" because they read it on the internet.
I would never deny any legitimate American the right to vote. I question why some of them do so, when they can't or won't bother to learn what is required to cast the ballot.
