Lewt's just see which side Senator McCain falls on this one, shall we?

So far he's against tightening border security, against defining the Geneva Convention, in favor of tax-rebates, retirement pay, and pardons for illegal aliens who commit Social Security Fraud, limiting how much we can spend to support a candidate but not blocking foreigners from running MoveOn.org, and silencing critics of incumbents before elections...

What's next?

Dang, I need to use a spell-checker! Sorry about that!

So where’s the evidence of this vast army of illegal voters? There is none at all. Intensive investigation has shown the number of fraudulent voters is miniscule, maybe double digits in an entire state, yet there is ample evidence that requiring a Driver’s License will suppress thousands of elderly and poor voters.

Until there's evidence on Voter ID fraud, I can see no reason to demand that my grandmother who doesn't drive has to be licensed to vote.

The primary problem I have with this voter ID legislation is the fact that it purports to be intended to prevent voter fraud, yet it completely ignores the voter paper trail issue. Unfortunately, that leads me to conclude that those supporting this voter ID bill are simply pushing legislation that they feel would be beneficial to Republican candidates on two fronts. One, it may suppress Democratic voter turnout and it is also being spun as a means to "strengthen border security and crack down on illegal immigration"...a position the GOP feels will benefit them in November.

Here's my problem. There is little doubt that the GOP has not been motivated to provide effective border security or the means to prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants. The failure to enact and enforce measures and methods to combat illegal immigration has been a concession to the business community, which has been the beneficiary of hard working, low wage employees. The system in place for employers to verify employee eligibility to work in the U.S. is a virtual joke and it is so by choice...which makes the current voter ID legislation all the more disingenuous and wholly political.

Sadly, it appears that the GOP doesn't see any advantage to including these paper trail provisions. It is situations of this nature that lead to voter cynicism in their elected officials as well as the entire political process. Ironically, while we are in the process of exporting democracy to other regions of the world, we have U.S. politicians that prefer to manipulate our democracy for partisan advantage. This and other inconsistencies in the application of democracy simply undermine the potential for other nations to believe that the United States is actually an agent for democratic principles.

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Let me translate posts 3 & 4 for those of you who don't speak liberwocky: "Spin, distract, spin, lie, spin, distort, spin..."

Anyone who truly believes in honesty and democracy would demand that voters show I.D. before voting. When 1 person votes illegally every other voter is disinfrachised.

The only reason to not support voter ID requirements would be if you knew that they only way your side could win was by cheating.

If you are too stupid or incompetant to get an ID than you don't deserve to vote.

Hey, if someone honestly can't afford the fee for a photo ID, I'd say give it to them. But that would mean they don't have cable or satellite TV at home, since those are $45 or more every month, while an ID is $10 or less in almost all states, and is usually good for at least five years.

Don't tell me you CAN afford cable, but CANNOT afford $10 for a photo ID. It doesn't pass the laugh test.

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The whole "paper trail" concept for electronic voting machines is laughable. The paranoia about hacks is nonsense, since the machines aren't online. They are set to dial the local election HQ with the data - which is also preserved on physical media at the polls - and transmit it. If the machines are functional upon delivery, and stored securely, there is simply no opportunity to hack their software.

That leaves the ultimate moonbat paranoia: that the machines are pre-infected with a diabolic cheat instruction at Diebold which would not appear on test ballots since it would be set to run only on preset Election Days.

Probably the Bildenbergers did it.