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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:54 PM Jun 2012

GOP - Papers Please Or You Don't Vote - National Voter ID Before November

According to Joe Walsh of Illinois it will be a good idea to pass a "national voter integrity act" before the November election. Every voter will have to have a government issued ID to vote anywhere in the US. Voter fraud is an actual epidemic right now and must be addressed immediately I guess.

Wasn't it the GOP that was against a "national ID" all these years? This law would effectively mean a national ID. I swear we are looking more like Germany in the early 1930's every day if the GOP gets its ways. What next tatooing gays, poor people, the unemployed, etc.

Will we survive this election?

Source Huffington Post

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GOP - Papers Please Or You Don't Vote - National Voter ID Before November (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Jun 2012 OP
Joe Walsh that deadbeat father malaise Jun 2012 #1
Maybe we'll have to wear a big "D" when we go to vote? HockeyMom Jun 2012 #2
"S"??? RC Jun 2012 #8
Slut HockeyMom Jun 2012 #13
OKeeee... I guess I don't think about women along those lines. RC Jun 2012 #15
dream on, joe. spanone Jun 2012 #3
Sorry but no Xyzse Jun 2012 #4
From Their Point Of View Logistics Is Irrelevant TheMastersNemesis Jun 2012 #7
joe walsh is not going to be elected madrchsod Jun 2012 #5
k & r, just to show more people ... surrealAmerican Jun 2012 #6
I'm not even sure this would be constitutional....... Swede Atlanta Jun 2012 #9
I Am Not Sure That Would Stop Them. TheMastersNemesis Jun 2012 #11
Well, they might still proceed with taking a vote on it but..... Swede Atlanta Jun 2012 #12
Joe, if we need any more shit out of you... RagAss Jun 2012 #10
Well if they do it like any country that actually issues nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #14
 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
2. Maybe we'll have to wear a big "D" when we go to vote?
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 04:01 PM
Jun 2012

Will women have to wear a big "S" if they use BC or have had an abortion?

 

RC

(25,592 posts)
15. OKeeee... I guess I don't think about women along those lines.
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 11:07 PM
Jun 2012

Both genders as a whole are pretty 'slutty', that's why there are so many of us.
That's what happens when I see men and women as two parts of a whole, each sharing much(all?) of the others basic characteristics. We are of the same species, animals, hard wired for survival after all.
I don't see women liking sex as any different than men liking sex.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
4. Sorry but no
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 04:13 PM
Jun 2012

Just logistically speaking, that is close to an impossibility. I mean, technically probable but just think about what creating a National ID actually needs

1 - Creating a database that compiles multi state information, providing citizenship information. - Anywhere from 3-9 months (more likely than not more)
2 - Design of the actual card (can be done as 1 is being created, anywhere from 1-3 months or of course more)
3 - Programming what goes in to the card particularly what happens on the magnetic strip(or whatever else to cut down on forgeries)(another 1-3 months which can always balloon to more)
4 - A multi-state ad campaign detailing the need for this and how to do it. (This is actually probably fast)
5 - Setting up places to do this, meaning, you can't just go to the DMV to do this, it is finding properties. (This will take a while)
6 - Training workers and hiring new people to provide this service.

There is not enough time for this crap. Guy is an idiot for even thinking about it on an Election year. To do something like this, it is best to have 2-3 years for the set up, and then implementation on the 4th year or more. Since not everyone will be able to get it quickly due to varying reasons.

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
7. From Their Point Of View Logistics Is Irrelevant
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 04:46 PM
Jun 2012

If they had the power to pass it right now they would. Logistics is irrelevant. It is about taking voting rights away. You cannot put anything past these fools really. My bet is that they would pass it and say tough luck. Then they would just let Republicans without ID vote anyway while they stopped potential Democrats . They would dare the rest of us to stop them.

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)
5. joe walsh is not going to be elected
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 04:15 PM
Jun 2012

the democrats and his own stupidity is going to make sure of that.

plus....the "real"joe walsh is going to play at her fundraiser

surrealAmerican

(11,360 posts)
6. k & r, just to show more people ...
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 04:36 PM
Jun 2012

... what a vile partisan he is. He makes me embarrassed to live in this state.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
9. I'm not even sure this would be constitutional.......
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:49 PM
Jun 2012

In most cases the states determine eligibility to vote unless otherwise provided for in the U.S. Constitution.

The 24th Amendments prohibits a requirement by the federal or state governments to pay a poll or other tax.

The 26th Amendment provides for voting at the age of 18 or older that specifically prohibits the federal government or state governments from passing any voting law with respect to age that is contrary.

So I don't even think this can be done without a Constitutional amendment.

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
11. I Am Not Sure That Would Stop Them.
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:57 PM
Jun 2012

I am not sure that would stop them because the GOP believes it is above the law or Constitution as long as they get what they want.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
12. Well, they might still proceed with taking a vote on it but.....
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:06 PM
Jun 2012

It would never get past the Senate and even if it did, Obama would veto it and the pukes don't have a 2/3 majority to override his veto.

Further it would be immediately challenged in court and, given the nature of the potential harm, I would expect a U.S. District Court judge to immediately issue an injunction preventing the enforcement or implementation of the law pending resolution of the legal challenge.

It is window-dressing for their voter purge activities. They know the Democrats benefit when more people vote. So if they can suppress the vote it is better for them. Further the approach they are taking to "voter integrity" is specifically harmful to students, the elderly and the infirm, often seen as Democratic demographics.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
14. Well if they do it like any country that actually issues
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 07:28 PM
Jun 2012

voter ID's....oh never mind, that ain't the goal. That be silly.

(For example the IFE has stations in Mexico, not, one, not two...everywhere...did I mention they're free?)

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