Posted by
Lady Logician on Monday, April 28, 2008 11:42:07 AM
This is good news for people who believe in the sanctity of one man/one vote.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to produce photo
identification without violating their constitutional rights, validating Republican-inspired voter ID laws.
In a splintered 6-3 ruling, the court upheld Indiana's strict photo ID requirement, which Democrats and civil rights groups said would deter poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots. Its backers said it was needed to prevent fraud.
One of the arguments against photo ID (as stated above) is that it is tatamount to a "poll tax". However, considering that one has to have a photo ID in order to get a welfare check or other state subsidies, it is a straw man argument. The majority, in their opinion, states why...
The law "is amply justified by the valid interest in protecting 'the integrity and reliability of the electoral process,'" Justice John Paul Stevens said in an opinion that was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy.
Protecting the integrity and reliability of the electoral process is something we should all be able to agree upon, right?