Saturday, August 4, 2018

Drive Right to Their Homes and Issue Them Voter IDs

   Require everyone to have ID to vote? My take on all this is, Go ahead and require them to have ID, but then provide it to them. Have election workers drive right to their homes and make house visits, if necessary. Check their records, take their pictures, and issue them voter IDs, right during the visit.
   Call them in advance, of course, and ask them to have their paperwork ready, and ask them if they want such a visit.
   And, if they don't have proof of citizenship? Help them. Help them order a birth certificate, if that's what it takes.
   You think that is a little too much? Way too much? Oh, forgive, but I do not. I think you want to go out of your way to ensure you don't deprive anyone of the right to vote. My thought is, Don't let it bother you that you are making it "too easy" for them, or that if they want the ID, they should come and get it. Instead of arguing back and forth about why people do not make the effort to get their IDs, just go give them to them. What is the big harm done, if you travel out and give them the card? Voting is a right. Go out of your way to make sure you don't deprive them of that right.

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