They Don't Just Want to Take Over Our Nation, They Want to Vote As Well

Well here you have it straight from the horses mouth, as it were. Senator Gallegos makes a compassionate but uncompelling plea for Texans to oppose voter ID's.

Common sense tells us that in a time in which there is rampant and uncontrolled immigration by Latinos into the United States and substantial evidence of voter fraud (regardless of ethnicity) already becoming a problem in some states, that an unforgeable form of voter ID is becomming a necessity.

I am not one who would normally favor a universal ID card. I have always considered it a point of pride that in the US we have never needed any such document that would lend itself to an abuse of power, but considering the threat posed by the uncontrolled illegal immigration across our southern border(note: it is called illegal immigration because the individuals involved are breaking the law) I have been forced to reevaluate my reasoning.

Why right to vote, without an ID, is worth fighting for
This lawmaker counts his grandmother among reasons

Viewpoints, Outlook
Houston Chronicle

By STATE SEN. MARIO GALLEGOS
May 22, 2007, 10:12PM

In my community in Houston, thousands of first- and second-generation Americans came of age in the "greatest generation." They volunteered to protect our freedom in World War II. Many who came home had to fight to build a life for their families and exercise the rights they earned with their blood and tears.

As a firefighter, I was trained to protect their lives and property. As a state senator today, it's the least I can do to honor their sacrifices by being in Austin to protect their right to vote.

Every nonpartisan, academic study on the impact of voter ID laws in other states shows they suppress voter turnout among the elderly, low-income citizens, Hispanics, African-Americans and the disabled. But I don't need a study to know why voter ID proposals like House Bill 218 are bad; I just have to think about my grandmother.

My grandmother came from Mexico, played by the rules, became a citizen and earned her right to vote. She didn't have a driver's license, but she had her voter registration card, went to the polls where the workers knew her, and voted. If the voter ID law were in effect, I'm not sure she or others like her could have voted.

This year, close to 120 burdensome voter identification proposals were introduced in state legislatures across the nation. Not one of them has passed yet, and I want to make sure Texas isn't the only state to pass one. For many folks, a voter ID requirement doesn't sound like a big deal, but it would prevent many eligible voters from voting. Many elderly voters don't have a driver's license. Others who And new voter ID requirements would

Mr. Gallegos fails to state any compelling reason why his grandmother might not have been able to vote. In what way Mr. Gallegos would requiring her to have a photo ID have prevented her from voting?

Most legislation requiring such identification provides for the indigent voter's needs. As for the concern about those who "are disabled or work two jobs don't have the time, money or ability to get an ID card or documents they would need to vote," As voting requires registration and taking time off from work anyway, and as those who are unable to travel due to disability, provisions can easily be made to provide the transportation and access they might need how does this become such an insurmountable burden.

Why would requirements for voter ID's "create confusion and long lines at the polls that would discourage many from voting?" Are you saying that Hispanics are too dumb to deal with these requirements? Are you saying that these people are incapable of dealing with minor inconveniences? Are you, as is usual for a Liberal Democrat simply implying that, unlike an elite like you, the "rabble" would be unable to cope with such complex issues?

What Gallegos and most opponents of this kind of guarantee needed for maintaining the integrity of our electoral system, Liberals and Democrats mostly but not exclusively, are doing is throwing up "straw man" arguments. They are merely attempts to prevent America from instituting the kind of prudent measures that have become necessary after so many documented cases of dead people voting, felons voting, and other registration frauds that have become necessary.

The truth is, either Gallegos is dishonest and wants us to leave our elections vulnerable to massive voter fraud by illegals with forged documents, or his is completely naive and out of touch with what has been occurring in the Southwest over the past fifty years.

Mr. Gallegos doesn't strike me as being particularly stupid, so...I leave it to you to judge him on his honesty.

Long Live Our American Republic!

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