Comments on Advance Indiana™: A Case For Voter ID?

This case was thrown out, dismissed in full by the...

2007-09-10T12:40:00.000-05:00

This case was thrown out, dismissed in full by the judge. The plaintiffs kept claiming they had evidence, but never revealed any of it, either within the context of the lawsuit, or to the public.

Melyssa: the Indiana voterID law requires a govern...

2007-06-26T15:28:00.000-05:00

Melyssa: the Indiana voterID law requires a government-issued photoID card with expiration date in order to vote. Such strict ID is not necessarily required by many citizens in daily life. It's just another sign of creeping big-brotherism in America...

Here is some news for the 70 year old. No birth ce...

2007-06-26T12:36:00.000-05:00

Here is some news for the 70 year old. No birth certificate needed. Here is info directly from the IN BMV website

"How do I get a driver license or ID card if I don't have a birth certificate?"

Individuals who are 65 years or older, and attest that they have never been issued a Birth Certificate because their birth was never recorded with any State Office of Vital Statistics, may present other forms of identification as a primary document, along with the secondary document, for an Indiana driver license or identification card.

Individuals who are 65 years or older may present, as primary documents:

Medicaid/Medicare Card
Social Security Benefits Statement
Property Deed
Property Tax Statement
Bank Statements
US Veteran's Access Photo ID Card
Marriage/Divorce Decree
Pension Statement

"If such was true, why did not the Republican Coun...

2007-06-26T11:26:00.000-05:00

"If such was true, why did not the Republican County Prosecutor indict anybody?"

Hundreds of murder victims have been found dead in this country. However, no one has ever been charged for their murder. Using your logic, if a prosecutor never filed charges against a person, the crime never happened.

This case has nothing to do with voter fraud and e...

2007-06-26T10:43:00.000-05:00

This case has nothing to do with voter fraud and everything to do with being a sore loser. When you read the complaint, the loser wants to throw out the results from every jurisdiction where the opponent won.

Hmmm. I'm on the fence on this one as I see both ...

2007-06-26T08:54:00.000-05:00

Hmmm. I'm on the fence on this one as I see both sides of this debate.

However, when I see our republican governor making lame decisions to move BMV branches from the inner cities to the outskirts of town and off the city bus routes at the taxpayers expense I have to say hmmm. Disenfranchise voters perhaps?

http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070624/Opinion02/706240534&SearchID=73285335532360

If you can't get it together enough to have a real...

2007-06-26T08:09:00.000-05:00

If you can't get it together enough to have a real ID, then you probably should not be voting.

I'm sure if a 70 year old born in a shack by a midwife really WANTED to vote, a way could be found to prove who they are and where they live.

Wilson are you saying that this 70 year old born in a shack by a midwife has absolutely no proof whatsoever of who they are? How have they lived all these years without proof of who they are?

I suspect Republican prosecutors figure they will ...

2007-06-26T06:43:00.000-05:00

I suspect Republican prosecutors figure they will be called racists if the persons involved in the vote fraud are African-American. Folks like you play the race card every time an effort is made to crack down on vote fraud anywhere in this country, claiming it's an effort to disenfranchise black voters.

If such was true, why did not the Republican Count...

2007-06-26T05:50:00.000-05:00

If such was true, why did not the Republican County Prosecutor indict anybody? You keep repeating stories floating around but somehow very partisan prosecutors never seem to have any interest in those fables and rumors. It seems you assume people are guilty until they can prove themselves innocent.

Your party, Wilson, called off a recount of Frank ...

2007-06-25T22:21:00.000-05:00

Your party, Wilson, called off a recount of Frank Short's close primary race for council several years back because it didn't want all the voter fraud Short's campaign workers uncovered disclosed. A partial canvas of the precincts in his district uncovered more than a hundred votes cast from vacant and unoccupied residences.

Too bad none of the seemingly endless string of Re...

2007-06-25T22:14:00.000-05:00

Too bad none of the seemingly endless string of Republican County Prosecutors in Marion County have indicted anybody for voter fraud in Indianapolis. It's a comforting fable for GOP leaders to feed their sheeple to explain away losses but those fables would never stand up in court, even if prosecuted by Goldsmith, Newman or Brizzi.

Sounds like Marion County to me.

2007-06-25T21:57:00.000-05:00

Sounds like Marion County to me.

Give me a break, Gary. These are mere allegations...

2007-06-25T21:27:00.000-05:00

Give me a break, Gary. These are mere allegations in a lawsuit. As we now know, voter ID laws like Indiana's had their genesis in what turned out to be bogus and unfounded allegations that voter fraud was pervasive or that it even existed at all. As a rationalist, I would think you would not want to see a fundamental right abridged based on mere allegations and would demand empirical proof before sacrificing First Amendment rights. God knows, we invaded Iraq based on mere allegations. Haven't we learned our lesson?

"obtaining a birth-certificate for a baby born 70 ...

2007-06-25T21:20:00.000-05:00

"obtaining a birth-certificate for a baby born 70 years ago in a sharecroppers shack up in the hills by a midwife is considerably more difficult..."

True. If that's really the case a call to the Sec. of State office will resolve the problem.
I'm sure a remedy is available.

Vote ID along with privacy in the polling place would make a great difference in Center Township.

A walk to the polls is easy - obtaining a birth-ce...

2007-06-25T21:12:00.000-05:00

A walk to the polls is easy - obtaining a birth-certificate for a baby born 70 years ago in a sharecroppers shack up in the hills by a midwife is considerably more difficult...

People who want the voter ID law abolished have a ...

2007-06-25T20:32:00.000-05:00

People who want the voter ID law abolished have a reason for that!
Read the above story again and you'll see why.
If they can make it to the polls, they can make it to get an ID.
Can you say "VOTER FRAUD", Wilson?