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acroyearTop court upholds photo ID voting law - Yahoo! News:
Call it "Identi-Eeze". Douglas would love it.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a tough state law requiring voters to show photo identificationoh hell, why don't we just nationalize the entire damn ID process, DNA-embedded and all and just get it over with.
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"The Indiana law purports to solve a problem that does not exist" - U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York
Call it "Identi-Eeze". Douglas would love it.
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Date: 2008-04-29 11:10 am (UTC)Exactly. DRIVING is a privilege; in a Republic, voting is a right merging upon a duty.
And the Social Security Number is NOT an ID. If you read the card it clearly states "For Social Security and Tax Purposes - NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION". For YEARS the Republican Party, before being overtaken by Neocons, cried foul at any attempt to produce a National ID.. and frankly, echoes of WWII movies "papieren, bitte" still effect my willingness to produce and support such a record.