While We're on Background Checks...

MommyLiberty5013

So everyone is clear...

I am okay with background checks as long as there is no registry.

But can someone please explain to me why it's okay to background check people for guns and ID them too, which is a big deal, when lots of people want folks to be able to vote at the polls without bearing ID of any form?

So, I go to the doctor/dentist and they verify my ID.

I get my dog's vet records - they verify my ID.

I buy a gun - they verify my ID.

I go on a plane - they verify my ID.

I rent a car - they verify and ID and a major CC.

I sign up for a CC - they verify my ID.

I open a bank account - they verify my ID.

But, to vote....I get to just walk right in and do it??? Makes no sense.

MrsGoodkat

I think the uproar over the ID is that it is difficult for elderly, low income, etc, people to obtain them. I've always had to show ID so I never realized what the big issue was until this last election. If you want everyone to be able to exercise thei

MommyLiberty5013

MrsGoodkat:

I think the uproar over the ID is that it is difficult for elderly, low income, etc, people to obtain them. I've alway

lasposa425

I've always had to show ID too. As long as it's fairly administered and not designed to exclude certain populations from voting (eg students whose addresses might not necessarily match because they're in temp housing), I'm ok with it.

cincychick35

Ah, ya know voter fraud doesn't really happen!  lol

http://www.wcpo

MrsGoodkat

MommyLiberty5013:

I BING'd a bunch of states...

it looks like, for example, for a non-driver's

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MrsGoodkat:

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KellyBensimon

This isn't an issue of passion for me, either. For voting I show a driver's license, but I think you can also show a bill or something else of that nature.  The fee isn't a compelling burden to me because after all you probably have to drive to th

vlagrl29

I only have to show my voter card when I vote, that's how it's always been

GeraldoRivera

So far, no one has murdered someone with a vote.

MrsGoodkat

GeraldoRivera:

So far, no one has murdered someone with a vote.

Maybe not physically.  

MommyLiberty5013

GeraldoRivera:

So far, no one has murdered someone with a vote.

Not to start a firestorm or anything

lasposa425

Similarly, remember all the uproar over people with bad credit being offered home loans that loan officers knew they couldn't pay back?  Sometimes loans were made without a credit check.  People were furious and demanded that credit checks we

lasposa425

Back to voter id laws - again, I'm fine with them as long they're not used to discriminate.  Sarah Silverman offers an interesting (and hilarious take on it):

Warning - strong (but funny) language.

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emily1004

Because voting is not only a right, it is your civic duty as an American citizen. The other things OP listed, may be rights, none are responsibilities. Just like paying taxes is your duty. You don't have to show ID when you pay your taxes, you do have to

MommyLiberty5013

emily1004:

Because voting is not only a right, it is your civic duty as an American citizen. The other things OP listed, may be ri

missymo

lasposa425:

Similarly, remember all the uproar over people with bad credit being offered home loans that loan officers knew they c

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lasposa425

Well, the opponents of the expanded background checks just shot themselves in the foot, if you will, because that specific proposed legislation would have explicitly prohibited the creation of a national registry.  There's currently nothing on the bo

MommyLiberty5013

lasposa425:

Well, the opponents of the expanded background checks just shot themselves in the foot, if you will, because that spec

lasposa425

Right but that legislation should never pass without the expanded background check included, otherwise how would one create such a registry anyway?

emily1004

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RedheadBaker

MommyLiberty5013:

Asking for ID isn't barring anyone from voting. It's asking the American people to hold in high esteem a right w

GeraldoRivera

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