Monday, October 23, 2006
More A Problem Than A Solution
Jurist:
Not only will it take time out of their lives, which is never a selling point, they also have to pay for these ID cards. I think we can expect this to just not happen with the majority of the students and young workers who don't warm up to the idea of voting as it is.
So, though I do think it is well intentioned and does address some of the problems we have with border and registered voter protection, I think it will do more harm than good. I just hope it doesn't catch on.
The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that Arizona can enforce a new law requiring voters to show government-issued ID cards at the polls for the November elections, reversing a decision rendered earlier this month by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.The problem I have with this decision is that it's simply one more hoop that the youth of this country aren't going to want to jump through.
Not only will it take time out of their lives, which is never a selling point, they also have to pay for these ID cards. I think we can expect this to just not happen with the majority of the students and young workers who don't warm up to the idea of voting as it is.
So, though I do think it is well intentioned and does address some of the problems we have with border and registered voter protection, I think it will do more harm than good. I just hope it doesn't catch on.
