Voter Reform, It's About Time!

Isn’t it ironic that the democrats won virtually every local race in the past election and yet they’re still clamoring about voter fraud? They can’t seem to adjust to the fact that fortunately for the rest of us, the republicans took everything else, including the Presidential race, the Governors race and the Congressional race in the 9th district. The democrats want their followers to believe in a great conspiracy theory that voting machine malfunction caused votes to be wrongly applied to the republican ticket. There are several key issues to be addressed about potential voter fraud but obviously the most important legislation to echo through the halls of the State house include HB 1439 which requires picture identification prior to casting your vote at the polls.

Representative Pierce and other democrats have come out in opposition to this legislation with the argument that it will disenfranchise the elderly and poor voters. Third world countries require identification prior to voting however, in Indiana we let virtually anyone that can identify him or herself with a registered name, past or present, to vote without question. Just prior to the last election republican Chairman, John Shean announced that he was considering posting individuals at the polls to contest any suspicious voters. Local democrats used a media blitz just after Shean’s announcement to rally their “poor and homeless” disenfranchised voter base. I’m sorry, but honestly I fail to see their reasoning.

Any logically thinking individual can see the advantage of picture ID. With such strong democrat opposition to the voter reform it really gives reason for concern and makes one wonder, just what are they hiding? Various polls, including the Indystar.com, indicate an overwhelming support for picture ID legislation; at last count over 80% of the respondents were in favor. Voter apathy could be markedly improved when voters know full well that their vote does count and there are no games being played. If credibility were even an issue with voting, why would this legislation even be questioned? It takes a photo ID to cash a check in most establishments, and you cannot get on a plane without photo ID these days, so what is the big deal? The poor and elderly voters of Monroe county should be insulted by the comments of the likes of Matt Pierce and other democrats who are suggesting they are too stupid or too lazy to acquire a picture ID. Maybe they know the gig is up and all of those students that have registered over the years that no longer live here will soon be ineligible to vote. Who knows, maybe the republicans will even have a chance to win a city election next time around. Yes, we too have our conspiracy theories however; with the new voter ID legislation in place we will eliminate this long-standing source of voter fraud and we will have to find another basis for our conspiracy theories.