“Those without photo ID generally are women, the elderly or the poor. We have enough bureaucracy. Heaping on one more barrier, or making the system even more prohibitive for some, smacks of political gamesmanship. ...Let’s get down to taking care of problems that are real.”
In our view: Photo ID not needed,” The Joplin Globe, May 15, 2008
“A photo isn’t necessary to prove who you are. Missouri’s current voter ID law protects against voter fraud but it gives options for identifying yourself at the polls… The last two secretaries of state, [Robin] Carnahan and Matt Blunt, reported no instances of election fraud by persons impersonating legitimate voters. The real deception is being perpetrated by legislators, whose claims of fraud are driving what appears to be a political agenda.”
Voter ID laws have put a lock on the ballot box, The Kansas City Star, May 11, 2008
“The Constitution makes no exception for a “few” instances of disenfranchised voters. It says all who are eligible are entitled to vote.”
“Voter ID rules must preserve rights,” St. Joe News-Press, May 15, 2008
“...This law merely is an attempt to suppress the votes of poor, elderly and disabled Missourians who don’t have drivers licenses or state ID cards. [The voter ID bill] solves a problem that doesn’t exist and will deny the vote to many of the state’s least advantaged citizens. It’s the political equivalent of deliberately swerving a car to run over squirrels and turtles. Pure meanness.”
“Pure meanness,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 13, 2008
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