Originally Posted By Disney_fanatics_mom This article on the ACORN voter registration business is worth reading. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/oct/13/election-acorn-voter-fraud" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/comm...er-fraud</a>
Originally Posted By DAR Here in Wisconsin there has been a push to have people show their IDs before they vote. The governor won't sign any bill because he states that it disenfranchises voters. Even though it's fairly easy in this state to get an ID.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 People have to show ID"s for allsorts of things - they don't feel disenfranchised then - it's only when trying to commit fraud at the ballot box that this comes out -- it's bull
Originally Posted By SuperDry ^^^ Maybe because to be disenfranchised means to be deprived of the right to vote!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^ it's one definition, not theonlyone-and when you live where I do and listen to Jesse Jackson use the term for every possible reason..it becomes less important Main Entry: dis·en·fran·chise Pronunciation: \ˌdis-in-ˈfran-ˌchīz\ Function: transitive verb Date: 1664 : to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity ; especially : to deprive of the right to vote
Originally Posted By vbdad55 sorry, people have to chow ID's to cahs checks, to buy things, to apply for credit cards, and thousandsof other things- but they can't carry that 1 oz. piece of plastic to the polls ?
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << people have to chow ID's to cahs checks >> who still uses checks?
Originally Posted By gadzuux Disneyfanaticmom - you may want to take a look at thread below "New Strategy - Obama Attempts ..." thread. It's about the whole ACORN situation.
Originally Posted By avromark Well in last nights election was the first time I had to show ID in a Canadian Federal Election. Somehow whipping out my driving licence didn't stop me from voting. Too bad it wasn't a Conservative Majority elected. But a larger minority beats a Liberal/NDP/Green government any day.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <who still uses checks?< seems like every idiot in front onme in the supermarket checkout
