VOTER PHOTO ID SHOULD BE THE LAW OF THE LAND. 

THE KUHNS REPORT

LAS VEGAS

Hello America, and how is the world treating you?

The courts allowed Texas voter ID law to go forward. Hooray!

 A majority of the Supreme Court on Saturday rejected an emergency request from Obama's Justice Dept. and Civil Rights groups  to prohibit the state of Texas from requiring voters to show certain forms of photo ID in order to cast a ballot.

We have all these nanny's and  cry babies saying that requiring someone to  show a photo ID at the polls before they vote is mean and  discriminatory. What a bunch of  manure that argument is. The  groups that are against photo ID also say that it will affect Latinos and Blacks because the poor people can't afford an ID. WHAT? Are they kidding?  I believe that most everybody in the nation has some form of ID with a photo attached.

Many of the people that these groups and  whimpy lawmaker's talk about already have ID's. Let's remember everyone generally needs an ID to cash a check; open a bank account; drive a car; collect city, county , state and federal benefits, such as welfare and social security. Even to buy alcohol in a 7-11 or  liquor store the person has to show ID. They also need a passport and proper ID to travel into and outside the United States so -- hey! Come on.

The problem is the lawmaker's opposed to photo ID and the special ethnic groups that oppose the Photo ID plan clearly want people to vote that should not  be allowed to vote. Many of these lawmaker's  and groups have an agenda to allow illegal aliens and minorities to vote, perhaps multiple times.

One of the main reasons they oppose photo ID at the polls is that people can't afford an ID. Boy, are they reaching for straws. People, in many states if a person doesn't drive and have a drivers license the state will issue a state photo ID which  basically looks like a drivers license ID. It has a photo, age and other pertinent data to identify that person holding the identification. Plus Texas and other states that ask for voter ID give the  prospective voter ample opportunity to present other forms of photo identification . It's not like a person cannot identify themselves.

When my mother stopped driving at the age of 85-years-old, she relinquished her drivers license but she needed a photo ID so the state of California issued her the PHOTO ID for identification purposes. As I recall the cost of the photo ID card at the time was only $2.00 or $3.00 dollars. So my question? If a person claims they currently do not have a photo ID how much trouble is it to pay the state a few dollars to acquire one? If the person is elderly and can't afford the cost of a state ID card (as the people that oppose voter ID) claim. Why can't the children of the elderly person spring for the few bucks to have their parent issued a state ID card?

Folks, the other argument from those that oppose voter photo ID is that: there is not voter fraud occurring at the polls. They say because of that fact a voter photo ID card is unnecessary. How wrong  they are. There IS voter ID fraud occurring every election throughout the country. People vote  more than once. Others who are illegal aliens and people who do not have citizenship in the U.S. have been caught  casting ballots in an election. However, the groups and people that are opposed to showing a photo ID at the polls want to turn a blind eye to the fraud. Many of the groups and people have an agenda. I submit they actually want the illegal aliens, non-citizens and the fraudsters to cast a ballot. Some political parties  feel it is to their advantage to  have illegal votes cast in order to sway an election one way or the other.

I suggest that the only reason an individual would not want to show a photo ID to  authentic their person is because they have something to hide, (i.e.) they're not a legal citizen; they are an illegal alien; they are using a fraudulent name (some other identity); they are afraid to show up at a state office and present proof and identification that they are in fact the person who  wants to be issued a voter ID card.

But keep in  mind many of these same people that have objections to presenting a proper ID card at a voting booth are the same people that have  NO problems presenting identification to collect social security benefits, welfare and food stamps, cash a check, show identification when asked to identify themselves by a law enforcement officer, dealing with the school and educational system, etc.

So what is their big gripe about not wanting to show proper identification in order to cast a vote? They seem to be able to identify themselves for many other reasons -- why  not when casting a ballot to vote.  I submit the Supreme Court should make it the law of the land  that any e person who wants to cast a ballot in an election should have to  present a photo ID to verify that  person and their vote in in fact, legal. Voting in America is one of the most cherished rights an American citizen has. It should not be mucked up by a political party, a special group and/or a fraudulent person.  Finally, who would be afraid to show a photo identification at a voting booth if they are a legal citizen of the United States? It's clear that a state ID card is available to anyone in most states (at a very nominal fee, sometimes free), if they can prove who they are.  And, that's my opinion. Make your own decision. You decide.

Bradley W. Kuhnsd, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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