ID to Vote

For John, BLUF:  The majority of Americans think an Identification to vote is proper  Will our legislators expand this requirement nation wide?  I am doubtful, as they seem to be in a world of their own.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Fox News Poll:  77% support requiring photo ID for voting

From Fox News, by Reporter Dana Blanton, 26 April 2021.

Here is the lede plus three:

There is widespread agreement on requiring identification before being allowed to cast a ballot.

A new Fox News poll, released Monday, finds 77 percent of voters nationally think "a valid form of state or federally issued photo identification to prove U.S. citizenship" should be needed for voting.  That’s down from a high of 85 percent who felt that way when Fox first asked the same survey question 10 years ago.

The 8-point decline comes from a shift among Democrats and independents.  In 2011, 75 percent of Democrats and 86 percent of independents favored showing government-issued ID for voting.  Today, 60 percent of Democrats and 76 percent of independents support the prerequisite.

Virtually all Republicans favor providing identification and their views held steady:  95 percent today vs. 96 percent in 2011.

I like the sentiment, but this isn't about proving US Citizenship.  That needs to be done at the time one Registers to vote.  This should be about proving that you are the person whose name is on the voter roles at the time of voting.

And, it is a good way of adding confidence to our voting system.

For those who cry "Jim Crow 2.0", which is catchy, I see your cry as part of the soft bigotry of low expectations. Think of all the Blacks who serverd in the military, and thus had an ID, or learned to drive, and thus had an ID, or worked somewhere that required an ID to enter a building, and thus had an ID, or who cashed a check or rode in an airliner, and thus had an ID.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff