Vote "Duh" On Prop "Yeah Obviously"

   This story is kinda old, and I was going to just let it go... but then it kept bothering me until I realized "hey, you know what?  It's my duty to inform people when they are being idiots."  And so, for the sake of humanity, I'm about to talk to you about these terrible no good awful voter ID laws that threaten to tear the very fabric of what makes America great.

   Except they don't.  Or they shouldn't, anyway.  Look the basic argument here is over whether people should be forced to show ID proving they are a US citizen before they can vote in any elections.  The Democrats apparently feel this is a slap in the face to residents of our great country.  But why?  I don't get why saying that only US citizens can vote is so wrong?  Isn't that the point of being a US citizen?  I don't go vote in Mexico's elections, or England's, or Norway's (because if I did I would ALWAYS vote based on silly names.  President Sven!)  Those people should not be allowed to vote here.  I think the LAST thing we want is for some CANADIAN to choose our next president, amiright?

   Seriously though, I don't understand what the big deal is.  Democrats say that this will hurt their minority vote.  How in the world could it do that?  Are minorities not US citizens?  Last I checked they were.  No, you wanna know who this law will really hurt?  The illegal immigrant vote.  Now I'm not trying to start a fight about illegal immigration here (we'll have that fight later), but the law is that illegal immigrants, or even legal immigrants who aren't US citizens should not be voting for anything in this country.  It's yet another reason we should all consider ourselves lucky to be born on US soil.

   Now of course, the Republicans are not squeaky clean in this either.  They want this law to be as complicated as possible.  It would appear that they want to force people to carry a separate voter ID, something they have to renew (probably in some long ridiculous DMV-style line).  By creating a voter ID law in this manner, they are in fact making it harder for people to vote.  And while I wouldn't go so far as to say this affects or harms minorities per-say, I will say that lower income families would probably have a tougher time getting these IDs.  Why?  Because they are working, they are raising families, they are presumably using all of their time trying to get by and move up in the world.  Standing in line for hours on end just to renew their voter ID card?  Or just to get one?  To quote the wonderful "Sweet Brown," AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR DAT!

   The only real way for this to get done is to tie it to your existing driver's license.  If you can renew this voter ID card each time you renew your driver's license, then I think it works.  But the bottom line here is that this does need to happen.  Honestly, it's a stupid argument because there really is no argument against it.  If you're not for the idea of making people show ID and prove who they are and that they are US citizens when they vote, then you are basically for voter fraud.

   What's hilarious is if you asked these same people about moving the vote online and having the option to vote from the internet, most of them would probably laugh in your face, spouting some nonsense about how that opens the door for fraud and hackers.  Well next time they laugh in your face, SLAP them in the face, because they are morons.