Is the Senate Ignoring You? The SAVE Act Battle and the Fight for Voter ID
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Washington DC, Is the U.S. Senate out of touch with the American people? A growing number of voters seem to think so, especially as the debate over the SAVE Act reaches a fever pitch in Washington.
“If you have to show ID in order to buy alcohol, board a plane, or rent a car, you should have to show ID in order to vote,”
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, In a rare moment of national consensus, a recent CNN poll has confirmed what many have suspected: a vast majority of Americans—over 80%—support mandatory photo identification for voting.
Ridgewood NJ, despite all the media hyperbole according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 29% of Likely U.S. Voters say laws requiring photo identification at the polls discriminate against some voters. Sixty-two percent (62%) say voter ID laws don’t discriminate. (To see survey question wording, click here.)Most voters say it’s more important to prevent cheating in elections than to make it easier to vote and, by more than a two-to-one margin, they reject claims that voter ID laws are discriminatory.
Chester NJ, Republican Candidate for Congress in the 7th Congressional District, Rik Mehta issued the following statement calling for New Jersey and the Federal government to implement common sense voting reforms.
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