If you have not been keeping score, the state of Georgia wanted to ensure that there was a lower likelihood of fraud during voting. So a law was created that would require anyone going to a poll to vote on election day to show a picture ID. Of course Povery Pimps cried and they found a judge to stop the law. The complaint was that to require an ID was a form of “Poll Tax”, although poor people would have been able to get a free ID, by filling out a form declaring they were not able to pay. So now the law has been revised, to give away voter ID cards for free to anyone. All of GA’s 159 counties will have equipment to make the cards. The Governor just signed the bill. Do you think that the Poverty Pimps and Race Hustlers are yelling “free at last”? Nope! They are still crying that even a FREE FOR ALL process is discrimination against the poor, elderly and minorities. Obviously free some how discriminates . The real reason they keep crying is because they know fraud often favors Democrats. Dead voters and other shady activity has been going on in Georgia, but some claim there is no fraud at polls on election day.

While the GA House was debating the first draft of the revised version of the bill, there was one very interesting moment.

Liberals are all for giving free condoms away to children as a “proactive” measure, but when it comes to an honest vote they run and hide! Also some Liberals are claiming that everyone who does not have a photo ID will not be able to get one in time for November elections. What a crock! November elections are a little over 9 months away. And even any primary before then is months away. It gives anyone plenty of time to get a photo ID. Not to mention we know poor people already have photo ID!!! As someone pointed out on a local radio show today, Grady Hospital is the largest single provider of health care to the poor in the entire state of Georgia. And anyone getting prescriptions is asked to show a photo ID. Never has a complaint been made that the poor were being kept from getting medical care.

The revised bill must go through judicial review, given Georgia is under special provisions of the Voting Rights Act. I think it’s time to let those special provisions expire. They are unconstitutional because they only apply to certain areas and not all states. Also they are race specific, which flies in the face of true equal protection, given it assumes people of the same race vote alike. Without the special provisions the rest of the Voting Rights Act remains in effect and if any issues arise corrective action could be taken via a judge’s order. The special provisions were given an expiration date, because it was expected that things would change for the better over time. They have and it is time to shed the old skin of the past. Let the special provisions die!

update (1/26/2006 2:49PM ET): An MSM report about the signing of the bill:

I hope this one gets past all the legal hurdles. The entire nation should be moving to a picture ID for verification on election day.