Jophiel wrote:
gbaji wrote:
(and what a surprise that they magically only pick up people from these places that they think will vote Democrat)
What a surprise that Democrats concentrate their GOTV efforts among Democratic voters? The NERVE of those guys!
But when you combine that with folks in a homeless shelter, offers of free food and goodies, but they're only taking people who are going to vote Democrat, what do you think that does? It coerces those people to vote Democrat.
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And as a side point, heaven forbid that we utilize the money and energy involved in political campaigns to get people to get IDs as part of our "get out the vote" efforts, which they can then use to do things like get jobs and perhaps improve their own lives
Let me know how the Republican-led efforts to get every minority voter a government ID are going.
Missing the point there Joph. If all voters are required to pre-register and are required to have a valid ID to vote, then the efforts
by both parties to get out the vote will include getting people IDs and getting them registered. In this particular case, it means that the Dems would have to go to those shelters on days other than election day and convince and assist likely Dem voters there to go get a photo ID and register. And if, after doing that, those people who now have photo IDs, complete with an address, might just find it a slight bit easier to go out and get a job, isn't that a good thing?
It's a baby step in the right direction, but for some it might just be the nudge that gets their lives back on track. And even if not, it will help prevent voting fraud (or at least prevent the perception of voting fraud). Like I said, heaven forbid we actually use all that money and energy to do something that not only gets people out to vote but *also* provides them with a tool that might just improve their lives in other ways. At the very least doesn't it seem silly to fight to *not* do this? Is there some virtue to fighting against voter ID requirements so that people who don't have IDs don't have to get them? Which is really more of a problem? That they can't vote on election day, or that they don't have IDs and thus can't work, have a bank account, rent a house, operate a vehicle, etc?
If your argument for opposing voter ID requirements is that not everyone who votes has an ID, isn't that then the least of their problems? It just seems incredibly selfish to me that Democrats think that the biggest problem for someone without any form of legal photo ID is that they can't vote Democrat on election day.
Edited, Aug 20th 2013 6:54pm by gbaji