Any lawmaker who supports it should be put on a watch list...

[Zinfandel]

I guess their republican owned electronic voting machines (with no paper trail or means to check the accuracy) isn't enough for the republican slime!!!

"Never underestimate the brazenness of incumbent politicians determined to sneak unfair rule changes into the game. Incumbent treachery is under way in the Senate, where Republicans are using a big spending bill as cover to try to gut campaign donation limits and give themselves an eight-to-one spending advantage over election challengers.

The shamelessness of this ploy is underscored by its inclusion in a bill that includes some emergency money for Hurricane Katrina repairs - added cover, no doubt, in the eyes of supporters, whose first priority is political self-preservation.

Katrina is already being brandished like a scythe by House conservatives, who are determined to use the reconstruction cost as an excuse to further their age-old campaign to eliminate valuable government programs, including the public financing law that was intended to hold down the outrageously booming costs of presidential elections. If the Senate games the campaign law, the injustice can only grow in the House.

The move has the two champions of the campaign finance reform law - John McCain of Arizona and Russell Feingold of Wisconsin - livid, and demanding a showdown vote. That's the least this sorry bit of political greed deserves. Any lawmaker who supports it should be put on a watch list of those machine hacks capable of stealing hot stoves. "

Gaming the Price of Leadership - New York Times

Full NY Times commentary
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/22/opinion/22thur3.html

[MarvinBarns]

1. Jimmy Carter

How is it that Jimmy Carter was part of this conspiracy to require photo ids? Between this and Dinos voting for Roberts I dont what to do anymore

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Photo IDs is not a bad idea, at its surface.

It would cut down on provisional ballots being tossed, for one thing. However, the government should provide the IDs free of charge, otherwise those at the lowest economic rung, below the bottom rung, could not afford to get them. If there is a choice between voting and eating, most will choose to eat.