By Frank Camp

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I am a very ardent supporter of voter identification laws. With the Democrats cheating at every turn, I believe it’s important to have safeguards in place to protect the integrity of the voting process. The Democrats, however, fly into a wild rage whenever voter ID is brought up. They claim that it amounts to voter suppression. They claim that because many minorities cannot obtain state issued photo ID, they would be kept from having their voices heard. I’ve written numerous times about how absurd that notion is, so I’ll just lay out a brief overview of my thoughts.

Photo ID is required to open a bank account, buy a house, rent an apartment, buy a car, rent a car, board a plane, stay at a hotel, buy alcohol, buy tobacco, and much more. Am I supposed to believe that minorities don’t do any of those things? Are they all homeless? Do they not have bank accounts? Additionally, the cost of a photo ID ranges from $6 to $10. That’s extremely affordable. I’m even in favor of issuing free photo IDs, if that would solve the problem. But that’s not what liberals want to hear, because their opposition to voter ID laws is not the result of compassion for minorities, but of a greedy agenda.

We need to fight for these laws. Unfortunately, some Republicans are caving. Most notably, Rand Paul. According to The New York Times:

“Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky broke Friday with fellow Republicans who have pushed for stricter voting laws as a way to crack down on fraud at the polls, saying that the focus on such measures alienates and insults African-Americans and hurts the party.”

Paul was quoted as saying:

“Everybody’s gone completely crazy on this voter ID thing…I think it’s wrong for Republicans to go too crazy on this issue because it’s offending people.”

Let me be clear, I understand the place from which Paul is coming. However, he is woefully off track. First, what Rand Paul doesn’t seem to understand, or care about, is what’s causing people to become offended. Second, he’s failing to see who is causing people to become offended.

Read more at http://lastresistance.com/5741/rand-paul-wants-republicans-drop-voter-id-issue/#M0VbxSSzGiPGOwlv.99