"Can I See Some Voter ID, Please?"
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Indiana law last month that requires voters to show specific government-issued identification such as driver's licenses or passports to cast ballots.
Currently, 25 states require voters to show some form of identification, but the Indiana law is generally considered the strictest in the country.
In Pennsylvania, which requires only first-time voters to show identification, Republicans have been pushing for stricter measures, and Democrats oppose them. In 2006 Gov. Rendell vetoed a bill that would have required all voters to have IDs (but not photo IDs).
This is basically a partisan issue: many Republicans seem to believe that much of the huge Democratic victory margins in cities like Philadelphia are based on various types of voter fraud.
Most Democrats are unwilling, at least publicly, to admit even the mere possibility of fraud and argue that requiring voter IDs is a GOP plot to suppress minority votes.
Whom do you side with? Or do you think there's a third option, in which ID requirements would be fair if state governments provided people who don't have driver's licenses, passports or similar identification with some form of ID that can be used for voting?
Tell us how you feel. Let us know by Tuesday, in 200 words or less, by e-mailing us at chesterletters@phillynews.com. Include a home address and day and evening phone numbers. Writers' phone numbers, street addresses and e-mail addresses will not be published. Only e-mails can be considered.


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