I wholeheartedly agree with you Mr. Langford. Asking a voter to show a government issued photo ID is not too much to ask. Ensuring the integrity of our electoral process is vital to keeping voters interested in voting. Who wants to bother voting if a non-citizen is able to vote or someone else has a chance to vote three times? Kentucky allows a voter to use a credit card to establish identity! Who walks around these days without a Driver's License or State Non-Driver's Card??? I'm all for anything reasonable to secure the concept of one person - one vote.

AMEN!!

On April 28th, Barbara Anderson (President of Indiana Coalition on Housing and Homeless Issues and director of Haven House) was bemoaning the extra step of voters getting a state-issued photo ID and the allegedly tremendous burden it places upon homeless and disaster victims. Excuse me but I thought that all adults were required to carry identification at all times. I have been stopped, while walking, by police before and ordered to show identification before even though I had not committed any crime.

Ms Anderson is reaching a bit too far in her attempt in trying to justify her opposition to requiring state-issued photo ID's in Indiana. Yes, Ms Anderson, a few down and out people may have some minor difficulty in obtaining the birth certificate necessary for an Indiana state ID but this is not an insurmountable obstacle. If someone is not willing to get an ID, they're probably not interested in reading up on the issues and candidates. They would also be unlikely to follow through and present themselves at the polls on Election Day. Verifying a voter's identity and ensuring a legitimate election process trumps the minor inconvenience of obtaining a state-issued ID.

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On April 28th, Barbara Anderson (President of Indiana Coalition on Housing and Homeless Issues and director of Haven House) was bemoaning the extra step of voters getting a state-issued photo ID and the allegedly tremendous burden it places upon homeless and disaster victims. Excuse me but I thought that all adults were required to carry identification at all times. I have been stopped, while walking, by police before and ordered to show identification before even though I had not committed any crime.

Ms Anderson is reaching a bit too far in her attempt in trying to justify her opposition to requiring state-issued photo ID's in Indiana. Yes, Ms Anderson, a few down and out people may have some minor difficulty in obtaining the birth certificate necessary for an Indiana state ID but this is not an insurmountable obstacle. If someone is not willing to get an ID, they're probably not interested in reading up on the issues and candidates. They would also be unlikely to follow through and present themselves at the polls on Election Day. Verifying a voter's identity and ensuring a legitimate election process trumps the minor inconvenience of obtaining a state-issued ID.

very will put

Like who you vote for matters anyways. They'll just recount until the one they want wins.