So what do you do when you show up to your polling place in November, and the poll worker asks you for proof of citizenship? That’s right, not your drivers license or state issued ID, but proof that you are a citizen of the United States. Got a copy of that document on you?

That is the latest obstacle that the voter ID proponents are trying to throw at you in order to keep up the time-honored tradition of voter suppression. On outward appearances, they say it is to cut down on the illegal immigrant vote, but it is really just another in a long line of methods to suppress voter turnout by conservatives in hopes of getting more Republicans in office.

Nineteen state legislatures have bills pending that would make this type of identification hoop jumping a law. The strongest support is in the states with Republican majority legislatures.

This is what the voter fraud has always been about: making voting such a hassle that a lot of voters will just figure it isn’t worth the trouble or don’t feel like being treated like dirt by officials who suspect them of being criminals on the basis of their ethnicity. I would imagine that there are a whole lot of older people who’ve never had to prove their citizenship in their lives and wouldn’t have a clue about how to go about doing it.

The whittling away at your right to vote will be one of the greatest accomplishments of the conservative movement when all is said and done. They simply don’t believe in the democratic concept of one person one vote. Never have.

If you have not done so, go out and register to vote and then do so. Let’s vote into office some people who will change the political landscape into something we can be proud of not fear the voting booth and the rights you possess.



Brian Essex

Jackson