One Citizen. One Vote. One Damn ID...
If you need proof of who you are to fish, fly, or pick up a prescription, you sure as hell should need it to pick the President!
PART 2: You Want to Vote? Prove You’re You.
Here’s a wild idea.
When you go to buy beer, rent a car, or board a plane, you show ID. Because, shocker, the person selling you alcohol or handing you a boarding pass wants to know you are actually you. But walk into a voting booth? In half this country, nobody’s checking squat.
Tell me how that makes sense.
Spoiler: it doesn’t.
And no, this isn’t about “voter suppression” or “racist laws” or whatever the buzzword of the week is on MSNBC. This is about the single most basic, common-sense principle that used to unite Americans on both sides of the aisle:
One citizen. One vote. Verified. Valid. Period.
But apparently, requiring someone to prove their identity before voting is now considered “controversial.” The same geniuses who demand triple-proof of vaccination to go to brunch think asking for a driver’s license to vote is fascism.
Make it make sense.
Most Americans Aren’t Buying the Bull
Want the inconvenient truth? The vast majority of Americans across racial, political, and economic lines support voter ID laws.
Gallup, Rasmussen, Pew, Monmouth. Pick a poll. The results barely budge. Support for voter ID regularly lands north of 70 percent. Even among Black and Hispanic voters. Even among Independents and moderate Democrats.
So who’s really against it?
The usual suspects. Politicians who rely on chaos, confusion, and loopholes to stay in power. Political consultants who couldn’t win a fair fight if you spotted them ten points. And a media machine that treats integrity like a four-letter word.
They scream “suppression” every time someone mentions ID. But funny how they never scream when you need ID for welfare benefits, Medicaid, food stamps, or a COVID test.
What’s that smell?
Ah, yes. Bovine feces.
Public Support for Voter ID
(aka, not just a “right-wing” thing)
Group Who Support Photo ID to Vote
All Americans 83% (2025 Democrats71%Republicans95%)
Historic Average75%+ (per CNN analyst Harry Enten)
So again. Not “controversial.” Not “racist.” Just common sense supported by damn near everybody who doesn’t live inside a faculty lounge.
Election Integrity Isn’t Optional. It’s Oxygen.
Let’s be clear. This is not just about voter ID.
This is about chain of custody. Ballot harvesting. Signature verification. Citizenship checks. Machines that work. Systems that can be audited. Officials who can be fired when they screw up.
Because when people lose faith in the process, the process dies.
You think January 6 was bad? Wait until 150 million Americans decide the whole damn system is rigged and stop showing up altogether.
This is not a left or right issue. This is survival-of-the-Republic stuff. If the voters don’t trust the results, what’s the point of even pretending we’re a functioning democracy?
You Don’t Get Democracy on the Honor System
Sorry. This isn’t summer camp. You don’t get a s’more just because you promise you didn’t eat two already. Voting is sacred. Voting has consequences. Voting shapes your kids’ future. Your grandkids’ freedom.
So why are we treating it like a free-for-all?
Dead people still on the rolls. Non-citizens getting ballots in the mail. Ballot drop boxes with no security cameras. Signatures that don’t match. And election workers who treat transparency like a personal insult.
This isn’t about making it harder to vote. It’s about making it impossible to cheat.
Because newsflash: when cheating’s easy, the people lose. Every time.
If you have to prove who you are to fish, fly, or fill a prescription, you sure as hell should prove it to vote.
Tell me I’m wrong.
Because this isn’t controversial. This isn’t racist. And it sure as hell isn’t voter suppression.
It’s just common sense.
Supported by damn near everybody who doesn’t live inside a faculty lounge, isn’t part of the race-baiting crowd, or isn’t running for re-election.
Want a voting system people trust? Start by acting like it matters.
We already have voter ID laws. When a person registers to vote they must prove who they are. Unless there is extensive voter fraud--which there is not--why needlessly add a further burden and potentially disenfranchise someone.
Federal law requires people to be U.S. citizens to vote, no argument there. The devil's in the details of the SAVE act. It requires documentation that most people don't have (e.g., birth certificate or passport). Driver's licenses including RealID are not proof of citizenship so they can't be used. Election officials already use state and federal data to validate eligibility to vote, so the real issue is that this law creates more problems that it solves. See https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-save-act-would-disenfranchise-millions-of-citizens/ for more information