Speaker Lujan is right to say that New Mexico should allow various forms of identification at the polls. Over the years he has championed various forms of ethics legislation and reforms to our voting system that protect the rights of all people. Foley is just towing the line by pushing another measure to disenfranchise the poor in our state.
Its funny because you never hear how many instances of vote stealing actually happen. Its because the policy of picture identification is a scare tactic that is meant to highlight all the other wedge issues out there. After all, people aren't attempting to vote multiple times when every instance could mean a felony conviction. Falsifying information at a polling location is perjury.
But rest assured, we will be hearing more from others like Foley about terrorism, dangerous bands of vote-stealing immigrants and other boogie-men as the din of the election season reaches a crescendo.
newmexicodave
· 1 year ago
Foolproof systems are the most certain way to guarantee the development of bigger and better fools.
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Its funny because you never hear how many instances of vote stealing actually happen. Its because the policy of picture identification is a scare tactic that is meant to highlight all the other wedge issues out there. After all, people aren't attempting to vote multiple times when every instance could mean a felony conviction. Falsifying information at a polling location is perjury.
But rest assured, we will be hearing more from others like Foley about terrorism, dangerous bands of vote-stealing immigrants and other boogie-men as the din of the election season reaches a crescendo.