If Governor McDonnell signs the new Virginia Voter ID bill, it is expected to get the green light from DOJ. Virginia is one of 16 states with a history of voter discrimination that requires DOJ approval. Voting laws have been extremely contentious this year.
According to the Washington Post:
Even some critics of Virginia’s legislation — which is among the most hotly contested of this year’s session — aren’t counting on the Justice Department to stop it.
“It’s not as severe as the other two laws, in South Carolina and Texas,” said state Sen. Richard L. Saslaw (D-Fairfax), who nonetheless thinks the Virginia measure is intended to “hold down minority votes.”
For decades, Virginia has required voters to provide a voter registration card, Social Security card, driver’s license, government-issued identification or photo ID from a private workplace. About 10 years ago, the state changed the law to allow people without an ID to vote as long as they signed a sworn statement attesting to their identity.
Under House and Senate bills passed this year, anyone without identification could cast only a provisional ballot. It would not be counted unless the voter provided identification — in person or via fax or e-mail — before election results were certified six days later. At the same time, the bills would expand the list of acceptable forms of identification to include a college ID, current utility bill, bank statement, or a government check or paycheck bearing the voter’s name and address. The list goes beyond what was called for in the Help America Vote Act of 2002, said Sen. Mark D. Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)
This bill doesn’t seem like it will restrict anyone. I was unaware that we have a problem with illegal voting here in Virginia, however. Is this one of those unnecessary bills? Is this bill one of those anti immigration bills that is a wolf in sheep’s clothing? Do hordes of illegal aliens try to vote?
I think the bill actually makes voting easier. Someone else will have to poke this one with a stick. If I want to fight with Republicans, it won’t be over this bill.
How many lists of dead people voting Democratic does one need to see before realizing there might be a problem? These bills target five or six different kinds of voting problems, and one of those (just one) is illegals voting. The left is scared to death that they won’t be able to bus people around to cast illegal ballots, so they’ll fight these where they can.
Pokie, you are so full of crap your eyes glow.