We Eeeeevvviiiiilllll Republicans Are Trying To Keep You Vile Lower Classes From Voting!

At least according to The New York Times lead editorial of yesterday.
What The Times editorial board is objecting to, in essence, is the many states that are trying to tighten up the voting requirements that identify said voter to be who he or she (or in some areas, its) claims to be.
Right off the bat, the editorial states as fact that this is merely an attempt to prevent the young, poor and Blacks from voting.
Lets start with the claim of Blacks not being able to vote.
Is this the only identifiable minority group that would have a problem complying with something like providing a government-issued identification card? What about Hispanics? Asians? Native Americans (Indians)? Huh? What about them? No, according to The Times editorial board, based on a study by a lefty law group, 25% of Black Americans do not have a government-issued photo ID.
And why is that? Because they may have to do what many people do all across the United States. Go down to the state department of motor vehicles to obtain one. Oh, but because the lines are soooo long, according to the editorial, many of these people would have to give up a day's wages to do such a thing.
Really?
Has The Times editorial board ever heard of such a thing as a sick day? Or what some companies offer, time off with pay? Or a floating holiday? I guess not. The Times editorial board must think that Simon Legree is still in charge and people do not have these benefits.
Sorry, do not buy that argument.
Could it be that many Black Americans, unfortunately, have felony convictions and thus can not legally vote in the first place? Just asking a question.
The Times editorial board likes making voting beyond easy as possible. They do not like the fact that Florida is curtailing the early voting period. Shucks! People might have to actually wait and vote on election day! How awful! Such an inconvenience!
The editorial also asserts that voter fraud is rare and thus this kind of legislation is really unnecessary.
Again, really?
Has The Times editorial board not heard of ACORN? Maybe because of their perpetuation of voter fraud throughout the United States, they are no longer in business.
What about the city of Chicago and Cook county Illinois? Oh, that reputation of voters doing so from the Great Beyond is just silly! All those dead people voting for some guy named Kennedy in 1960 for president. Just speculation, doncha know!
John Fund of The Wall Street Journal has made a career out of exposing the little if any voting fraud throughout the United States. In fact, Mr. Fund is author of the 2004 book, "Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy". Oh, I am certain it is all lies you know.
The rise of voting absentee is also filled with the potential of voting fraud. No one has to be who they say they are. Even the family pet can vote since all one has to do is send in the registration form.
There is no perfect system to totally prevent voter fraud. But is it really too much to ask that the person at least registering to vote is who they say that they are? And really, is it too much to ask that when they go to the polls, to be able to prove who they are? According to the Republicans, no. But to the Democrats, yes it is too much.
It is not too much. It is not about voter suppression. It is about being responsible and that potential voters need to be responsible about the serious undertaking they are doing. In participating in the democratic process.
The New York Times editorial board is not serious and does not take the franchise seriously.