Re: Supremes move to suppress voter registration. Repubs squeal for joy.

From: Bill Shatzer <bshatzerNO_at_comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:59:32 -0700

gatt wrote:

> Eggs Ackley wrote:

>> Say bye-bye to American democracy. What the hell. It wasn't working >> anymore anyway.

>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080428/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_voter_id

> You've been hollering that shit for eight years now, and we're still
> shooting the piss out of people.

> Odd that people don't want to have to show photo ID just to vote. I'm
> not in the business of voter fraud and I'm a legal citizen, so, I guess
> it doesn't bother me anymore than having my face on my driver's license
> and passport would, if it did.
>
> 'Course, you've probably never had a driver's license or a passport, so
> it must scare you. As long as you don't have something to hide, there
> should be no problem showing your face.

There are all sorts of folks who have no government issued photo ID and have no need to acquire one.

An Oregon DMV ID card costs $29 and requires at least one trip to a DMV office - plus $20 for the birth certificate to obtain one. If you were born outside of Oregon, the birth certificate costs (and hassle) are anyone's guess.

Dunno 'xactly what the difference between paying a poll tax in order to vote and shelling out $49 to get the document necessary to vote might be.

> ...'cept, that whole mail-in ballot thing might be a speedbump.

Oregon's not gonna go the Indiana route.

But Indiana's requirements are pretty daunting. For instance, to get an Indiana ID card, you need your actual social security card.

I've absolutely NO idea what might have happened to my SS card. Do you?

I suppose I could get a new one. IF I remembered to do so. But getting one between now and the May primary would likely be impossible.

Peace and justice, Received on Mon Apr 28 2008 - 21:59:49 PDT