So, let me get this straight. Tennessee State Senators Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro) and Mark Norris (R-Collierville) and their merry band of Tennessee House Republicans want to make it more difficult for some citizens of Tennessee to vote (the elderly, indigent, and the disabled, if you must know) by pushing legislation that would require proof of citizenship (via a birth certificate, passport, or driver’s license) to register to vote, and then requiring a photo ID every time they go to vote, at the same time that they are passing legislation asking for less identification to buy a gun?
Wait, wait. And Rep. Curry Todd (R-Collierville) is pushing a bill that would make it easier to obtain an absentee ballot with just a scanned signature, no photo ID required?
Number of murders committed recently in Tennessee by gun permit holders: 3
Number of cases of voter fraud committed in Tennessee by registered voters: 0*
BTW, Florida Republicans are taking the Sunshine state down a slippery slope since they passed a photo ID law. Their latest photo ID law places even more restrictions on the elderly stating that they can no longer use photo IDs issued by retirement homes.**
*What happened in Memphis was “election fraud,” systematic and systemic disenfranchisement by those working within the system, i.e. poll workers, election officials, elected officials, etc. (you know, the people that would be responsible for checking photo IDs and making election laws.)
**A good example of election fraud.
Budd – There is already a stiff penalty for committing voter fraud. And did you read the title of this post? Reasonable restrictions should be proportional to the danger of what they are restricting. How many paper cuts vs. how many bullets would it take to inflict a mortal wound?
So, you’re all for “reasonable restrictions” on one part of the Bill of Rights, but no others? Hmmm…
[...] Mary Mancini: So, let me get this straight. Tennessee State Senators Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro) and Mark Norris (R-Collierville) and their merry band of Tennessee House Republicans want to make it more difficult for some citizens of Tennessee to vote (the elderly, indigent, and the disabled, if you must know) by pushing legislation that would require proof of citizenship (via a birth certificate, passport, or driver’s license) to register to vote, and then requiring a photo ID every time they go to vote, at the same time that they are passing legislation asking for less identification to buy a gun? [...]
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