Voter ID Law

While I already wrote my article on this, I wanted to express what I personally felt about these laws and how they will affect all of America.

I would like to state, first and foremost, that this is not a bipartisan issue. This should not be Republicans vs. Democrats, despite the overwhelming amount of ID laws being passed by republican congresses. If the situation were to reverse, and the Democrats were desperately drying to get their candidate elected, if the supreme court lets these laws stand, Democrats will do the exact same thing.

These laws are infringing on one of the things we hold most dear in America, our vote, and restricting who can vote, even if only through subtle and minute ways, is a recipe for disaster. And while voter ID laws do have their place, the way Connecticut is doing it makes the most sense. They are offering free voter ID's that will be valid basically for the purpose of voting only (possibly other government documents) and are implementing it AFTER the election. This way, people have at least two whole years before the next round of federal elections to acquire one of these free ID's, instead of taxing the DMV's way over what they could possibly do to get photo ID's for the thousands who would need it in the next month.