So Dr. J. went to the polling place. He checked in with an official who checked his ID and gave him a slip. He then was asked to bring the slip to a second official who would verify the information on the slip and his ID. Dr. J.’s ID was checked by two different officials and cross referenced against his voting information. They even made sure I looked like the photo on my newly minted drivers license. 

Dr. J. proceded to cast his vote and went along on his merry way. 

Dr. J. likes the Voter ID law because he felt that his vote was being protected from someone who would potentially try to steal it by impersonating him. This is why he doesn’t vote near Star Wars conventions. Anyone with a black robe and some wrinkles, well, you know the rest…he does not find it unduly burdensome for an individual to prove they really are themselves in order to cast their vote. 

Of course, Dr. J. was called raaaacccciiisssstttt, in 7th and 10th grade by his Marxist American History teacher because there was a shameful period of time when American Citizens were harassed when casting their vote, and really, those days are pretty much over, beyond occasional isolated incidents, which go both ways.

Dr. J. has said this before and will say it again here. 

If you believe the purest motives on both sides, Democrats would rather see bad votes cast if it means every good vote gets cast. Republicans on the other hand would not be crying a river for the handful of folks who can’t cast their vote because they didn’t do what they needed to do to cast said vote (specifically, prove they are who they say they are), if it means every vote cast is a good vote. Scientifically, this is the tension between sensitivity and specificity. The reality is that while there are perhaps examples on both sides of the aisle, voter fraud probably benefits D’s more than R’s, and that element of it also comes into play. In addition to ‘what’s fair’ vs. ‘what’s the law’. 

If you don’t believe voter fraud exists, check out how easy it is to do. James O’Keefe has an expose here.

Anywho, Dr. J. thinks the Obama Administration is wrong for blocking the Voter ID law as it creates the opportunity for shenanigans in Texas, and beyond.