House Passes Voter ID Bill - H.R. 4844

[gully]

The House voted Wednesday to require Americans to show proof of citizenship in order to vote, and the Senate moved to build a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border as Republicans sharpened attacks on illegal immigration before the midterm elections.

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Republican sponsors of the voter identification bill said it was a commonsense way to stop fraud at the polls. People need photo IDs to board planes, buy alcohol or cash checks, said Rep. Vernon Ehlers, R-Mich., chairman of the House Administration Committee. "This is not a new concept."

But Democrats assailed the legislation, saying it could hurt minorities, the poor and the elderly — groups that tend to vote Democratic — who might have trouble producing a photo identification.

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"This bill is tantamount to a 21st century poll tax," said Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. "It will disenfranchise large number of legal voters."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/09/20/national/w131053D88.DTL&type=politics#sections

We're screwed.

[texpatriot2004]

1. NO POLL TAX! nm

[GetTheRightVote]

2. We are only screwed if we do not act to stop it, it is unconsitutional

and it must be pushed up thru the judicial branch to prove it. We need the UCLA to take this case up and get it rolling along.

:kick:

[gully]

4. Thanks for the hopeful post.

eom

[populistdriven]

5. let the idiots pass it, the courts will flush it

Dems need to FOCUS on the 04 elections!

[wakeme2008]

3. Funny how they leave out the requirement that the photo id

STATE that you are a US Citizen of which only 3 States currently do on drivers licenses. Photo ID to get on a plane does not require the statement that you are a US Citizen :grr:

[roseBudd]

6. Not everyone boards planes $$$, has a checking account and once you get

some wrinkles you don't need ID for alcohol