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We must pass voter ID — it is simply common sense
Voter ID has qualified for the California ballot — and it should be an automatic “yes” vote.
There is nothing unusual, much less racist, about requiring voters to show official ID when they arrive at the polls.
It is simply standard practice in democracies all over the world.
Democratic Party voters, like Republican voters, tend to support voter ID overwhelmingly in polls. That is because all Americans — even in these divided times — understand the need for fairness and transparency in elections.
But Democratic Party leaders, who like to talk a good game about “defending democracy,” have opposed voter ID — and bitterly.
The question is why.
The answer cannot be that they have a genuine fear for the suppression of votes. Turnout has tended to increase, not decrease, in places that have adopted voter ID.
When left-wing groups have challenged voter ID in court, they have struggled to find any plaintiffs who have actually suffered the loss of their right to vote because they had to produce photo ID before casting a ballot.
So perhaps Democrats oppose voter ID because they have something to hide.
The Democrats depend on “ballot harvesting” to........