Richmond Times Dispatch:
A bill that would require voters who show up at the polls without identification to cast provisional ballots is headed to the House floor after being lambasted by Democrats in a committee hearing Friday.
I have to disagree with the Democrats on this one. I see absolutely nothing wrong with requiring voter ID. There are very few rights that an American citizen has to start with. Legal residents pretty much have the same rights we do other than voting in state and federal elections. What happens if if a provisional vote is cast? According to Delegate Albo:
“I’m trying to understand what the controversy of the bill is,” said Del. David B. Albo, R-Fairfax, noting that the provisional ballots are reviewed the day after the election by the local electoral board.
“If they are legit, they get counted,” Albo said. “If they’re not legit, they don’t get counted.”
On Friday afternoon, the ACLU decried the bill as a voter-suppression measure.
Anyone who lacks the proper ID should be able to get one without charge at DMV. I am surprised that people can register to vote without some form of identification. In this day and age, how does a person go anywhere or do anything without some form of ID? Go Republicans! This is one bill that makes sense in a sea of ones that don’t.
