http://www.kduz.com/2012/03/24/voter-id-bill-passes-senate/ Just another Ingstad Broadcasting Sites site Sat, 18 May 2013 02:25:00 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.kduz.com/2012/03/24/voter-id-bill-passes-senate/#comment-275 John Hassinger Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:55:00 +0000 http://www.kduz.com/?p=13246#comment-275 If we can put the politics to the side lets think this though and discuss if this is good public policy. I'm sure we can all agree that we want honest elections where everyone who is eligible to vote can. I haven't seen an data that supports significant problems with voter fraud. In Mcleod Co. There were 6 incidents of people voting that were incorrect, according to the County attorney. Of the 6, 5 of them were individuals released from prison who though their vote rights were restored after serving time-- there was one case of a person trying to vote in two different counties. In Montana when a person has served their time in prison and is released their vote rights are restored. This needs to be looked at as a solution. It is simple and administratively clear. Our high voter turn out is important and I think we can concur that all means should be used to foster and make as simple as possible voting. How do we handle those people who refuse to by photographed for religious reasons? Being able to register on election day has been a plus . Pushing this though as a constitutional amendment , in my eyes , is a faulty way of legislating ,avoiding the responsibility of leadership. If we can put the politics to the side lets think this though and discuss if this is good public policy. I’m sure we can all agree that we want honest elections where everyone who is eligible to vote can. I haven’t seen an data that supports significant problems with voter fraud. In Mcleod Co. There were 6 incidents of people voting that were incorrect, according to the County attorney. Of the 6, 5 of them were individuals released from prison who though their vote rights were restored after serving time– there was one case of a person trying to vote in two different counties. In Montana when a person has served their time in prison and is released their vote rights are restored. This needs to be looked at as a solution. It is simple and administratively clear. Our high voter turn out is important and I think we can concur that all means should be used to foster and make as simple as possible voting. How do we handle those people who refuse to by photographed for religious reasons?
Being able to register on election day has been a plus . Pushing this though as a constitutional amendment , in my eyes , is a faulty way of legislating ,avoiding the responsibility of leadership.

]]> http://www.kduz.com/2012/03/24/voter-id-bill-passes-senate/#comment-273 Patrick May Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:55:00 +0000 http://www.kduz.com/?p=13246#comment-273 I think this is a positive action to insure that all who vote have at least some identification that shows a residency and they have taken the responsibility of voting as a privilage. To those who say it is to difficult to get a Minnesota I.D. and will prevent some people from voting, then how do these people get to the voting stations? I think this is a positive action to insure that all who vote have at least some identification that shows a residency and they have taken the responsibility of voting as a privilage. To those who say it is to difficult to get a Minnesota I.D. and will prevent some people from voting, then how do these people get to the voting stations?

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