Why Voter ID laws Matter (Part 2)

In a previous post I pointed out that the resistance to voter ID laws is grounded in specious and untenable arguments. We provide identification for everything from cashing checks to renting videos, but some segments of our society argue that requiring positive identification to vote is “demeaning” and “disenfranchising.”

Well, the video below clearly demonstrates one reason the protesters don’t want voter ID laws.

As this video proves, “stuffing the ballot box” is a very, very easy thing to do. In close elections, this could make the difference in the outcome of an election.

One popular ballot stuffing tactic, which was used in the last presidential election, is to  bus groups of people (often homeless people etc.) to polling places and encourage them to vote for a particular candidate in exchange for a meal, etc. Technically these people have a “right” to vote, although obviously the circumstances are fraudulent.

As this video demonstrates, another popular tactic is “help” dead people vote. Of course, this is why there is such a hue and cry from the “liberals” against voter ID laws – voter ID laws remove a prime method of stuffing the ballot box.

Voter roles are freely available to the general public for the asking. All you have to do is get a current voter list, compare it with records of deceased persons in the precinct (easier than you might think) and then show up to vote using the dead person’s information.

Not only does “every vote count” – some votes count twice, some votes are easy to “buy”, and some votes count whether the voter is living or dead.