But I repeat myself.
Thus far, the Democrats in the State House have voted to kill proposals for requiring a picture ID to vote, and requiring proof of citizenship to register. They actually voted not to outlaw the possibility of bribing or intimidating initiative sponsors to withdraw their petitions.
Vince Carroll reports in todays Rocky column that the Democrat-dominated City Council voted not to outlaw the practice of third parties gathering a delivering (or not) absentee ballots. (All of a sudden, look who's crying caveat emptor about our most precious and basic and fundamental right...)
And finally, our own Lois Court has proposed a measure to issue driver's licenses to non-citizens here on work permits. (Non-citizens, and I work with many of them, seem to have no trouble that I can discern driving to the office.) There's absolutely no reason for this bill that I can see, except to provide entry documents to people who aren't entitled to them, documents that can be used to do things like...oh, I don't know, vote, for instance.
So far, this monstrosity of sovereignty-evisceration hasn't garnered any Senate sponsorship, but give them time. If that happens, it will mean that our own State Representative will have voted, not only not to limit the possibility of vote fraud, but to actually enable it.
Comments
HB09-1032 is a bill introduced by Larry Liston, a Republican representing El Paso County, which would have required a photo ID to obtain certain classes of prescription drugs. The bill was killed in committee on a party-line vote.
Was this because the Democrats generally favor less governmental intrusion into private health-care matters, or was there some other reason they don't favor photo ID requirements this year?
Posted by: NoelArmourson | January 30, 2009 9:29 AM
Not sure, since I didn't hear the debate. However, the words "Democrats generally favor less governmental intrusion into private [anything] matters," when placed in that order, ought to be a self-answering question.
Posted by: Joshua Sharf | January 30, 2009 10:58 AM