No ID? That Sounds Like a Personal Problem To Me!
I was driving yesterday afternoon and heard Beth White, the Democratic candidate for Marion County Clerk do an interview and was talking about Voter ID. White opposes Voter ID, but says as duly elected official she would comply with the law and go to the legislature to make the law more flexible. The more I thought about Beth’s statements the more I thought about Voter ID. And the more I thought about voter ID, the less sympathy I had for people who didn’t have one.
I thought about this long and hard. Voter ID has been the law in Indiana since July 2005. We had a primary in May 2006. It’s been nearly 14 months since the law was passed. Who couldn’t find a few hours to get an ID in all that time? I know there have been some lines at the BMV, but I didn’t think the wait was that bad!
If you didn’t have an ID and couldn’t find a few hours in the last 14 months to get one, then maybe you shouldn’t be voting in the first place. I would argue, folks that if getting the ID wasn’t a priority for some people, then us accommodating their right to vote shouldn’t be a priority either.
