Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Voter ID, Lets Put a Face on the Disenfranchised Voter

So.......in WI, the will of the people is being held up by a couple of liberal Dane County Judges who like to use their power inappropriately. The reason they cite, is that the voter ID law is unconstitutional because it disenfranchises the voter. David Flannigans actual words are,
"the state’s new voter ID law required people who lacked government photo ID to spend money to acquire the necessary documents — such as birth certificates". He called that “a real cost that is imposed on constitutionally eligible voters,” adding that was especially “burdensome” for the elderly and disabled.
He said the ID requirement fell disproportionately on elderly people, people of color and poor people, and said claims that the voting process needed to be policed to prevent voter impersonation — or fraudulent voting — were overblown and “extremely unlikely.”Link



So lets look at one group, the ones who are so burdened that they need an ID to vote.
Elderly in WI (aged 65 and older) = 779,383
Percent below poverty = 7.1%
Number of Elderly 65 and Older in Poverty = 55,336

Now Since you need ID for healthcare lets eliminate the ones who have any coverage at all.
According to the same census document less than 1% of 65+ did not have some type of coverage.
or 779 people.
So of those 779 people, in order for them to not have a photo ID to vote would mean that. They do not receive disability, social security, welfare, food stamps, or other benefits from anywhere. They do not drive, have a bank account, they have never been married, never held a job, they don't live in a house or rent an apartment, they can not even cash a check, or more importantly have anybody to help them in anyway shape or form.

Unfortunately the census does not provide a narrowed down number from 779 after my list of other things that require ID. Lets be conservative though, lets say 10% still fall under that scrutiny and are still living.

We are left with 77 people who cannot vote.


Now lets look at those below poverty level.

WI has a total of 5,711,767 people in the state and 11.6% are below the poverty level.
That gives us 662,565 people who are below our countries set poverty standard.
Minus the number of people receiving food stamps since you need ID for them (469,853)

You are left with 192,712.
So of those 192,712 people, in order for them to not have a photo ID to vote would mean that. They do not receive disability, social security, welfare, food stamps, or other benefits from anywhere. They do not drive, have a bank account, they have never been married, never held a job, they don't live in a house or rent an apartment, they can not even cash a check, or more importantly have anybody to help them in anyway shape or form.

Just like before lets say 10% fall into this category and that they are actual people.
We are left with 1,927 people

In total I have come up with 2004 possibly disenfranchised voters.

With 72 Counties in WI, that is an average of 28 people per county(or roughly 10 people per city)  that are having a difficult time voting.

In order for the dems argument to be locked would mean that these people have no way of getting to a DMV to obtain their FREE ID. However one thing I realized is that if you truly fall into this category, you do not have ANY commitments at all. You have all the time in the world to focus on two things, getting an ID and voting.



I pose this question. WHY AGAIN, IS IT SO HARD TO GET A FREE ID????????

Answer: It is not, the people who are against photo ID may use one or more of the following reasons.
-They themselves commit voter fraud
-They are aware of people who vote fraudulently and they agree with it.
-They know that in order for their politician to get elected they need the extra help.
-They just dont like that their party didn't come up with the idea.
or lastly....
-They truly believe in this magical population of people who have somehow skirted all known modern society since they turned 18, and for some reason have this unwavering passion to emerge from the cave they live in to vote and then vanish again until next election. Then they also assume each one of these people are dems.

As a last resort we could just draft some law requiring all citizens to get a government ID, since that sounds unconstitutional we can just call it a tax so it passes.

But no vote fraud doesnt ever happen.......




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