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Essay:Voter ID: A Personal Reflection (view source)
Revision as of 00:48, October 3, 2012
, 00:48, October 3, 2012→Arguments to avoid in Voter ID discussions: add examples from the WSJ comments section
====Identification is necessary for X, and therefore it should be required to vote====
====Identification is necessary for X, and therefore it should be required to vote====
(fill in the litany of examples)
(fill in the litany of examples)
=====Doing X with private company Y=====
=====Boarding an airplane=====
=====Opening a bank account=====
=====Cashing a check=====
=====Driving a car=====
=====Obtaining health care=====
=====Purchasing tobacco or alcohol=====
====Identification is necessary to purchase a gun, and the Second Amendment grants a constitutional right, like voting, and so ID should be required to vote====
====Identification is necessary to purchase a gun, and the Second Amendment grants a constitutional right, like voting, and so ID should be required to vote====
====Identification is necessary to obtain government benefits to which individuals are entitled, and therefore it should be required to vote====
====Identification is necessary to obtain government benefits to which individuals are entitled, and therefore it should be required to vote====
=====Food stamps=====
=====Welfare=====
=====Medicare/Medicaid=====
====You are required by law to carry identification, and if you do not, the police can arrest you, and so voters not having ID is not a big issue====
====You are required by law to carry identification, and if you do not, the police can arrest you, and so voters not having ID is not a big issue====
====Because you must be a citizen to vote, every registered voter has proof of citizenship====
====Because you must be a citizen to vote, every registered voter has proof of citizenship (such as a birth certificate) and therefore cannot be disenfranchised by state requirements to present proof of citizenship to obtain ID====
====Because you must be a resident to register to vote, every registered voter has proof of residency and therefore cannot be disenfranchised by state requirements to present proof of residency to obtain ID====
===People who lack ID are not trying hard enough===
===People who lack ID are not trying hard enough===
====People would go out of their way to obtain ID if there were a reward, and therefore those lacking ID do not have enough incentive to exercise the franchise and therefore should not vote====
====People would go out of their way to obtain ID if there were a reward, and therefore those lacking ID do not have enough incentive to exercise the franchise and therefore should not vote====
====People who protest about not being able to get ID could have used those efforts to actually obtain ID and therefore they should not vote====
===There is widespread fraud, and Voter ID reduces its occurrence===
===There is widespread fraud, and Voter ID reduces its occurrence===
====Voter impersonation occurs on a widespread scale====
====Voter impersonation occurs on a widespread scale====
====Voter ID prevents ineligible felons from voting====
====Illegal immigrants cast votes on a widespread scale====
====You would lose your vote without recourse if someone cast a ballot in your name without ID====
====You would lose your vote without recourse if someone cast a ballot in your name without ID====