KC Star: To protect voters’ rights, Nixon should veto photo ID bill

[usregimechange]

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has been busy with the veto pen this session, and the legislature has given him cause to use it again.

A bill requiring citizens to produce government-issued photo identification at the polls would create barriers for thousands of elderly and disabled Missourians, college students and minorities. Now is the time to stop it.

A supposed sweetener in the bill — the introduction of convenient advance voting in Missouri — is a red herring. Early voting would be subject to annual funding by the legislature and governor. The chances of finding money in a cash-strapped budget anytime soon are slim.

The odds of the GOP-dominated legislature scraping up funds to initiate the photo ID requirement are much better, given the current pressure to do so from national Republican-leaning interest groups.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/11/2868384/the-stars-editorial-to-protect.html#ixzz1MR2I1qY1

[liberal N proud]

1. Voter ID laws are just one more way the republicans try to stop voters

It took me years to understand why a political party wouldn't want as many voters as possible. That is until I realized, if everyone was allowed to vote, and elections were not fixed, they would never win elections.