It was local election time yesterday here and there’s a story I must share just because it irritates the fire out of me. One of Indiana’s local congress people, Congresswoman Julia Carson, showed up at the polling place and initially wasn’t allowed to vote. The reason? She didn’t have an appropriate photo ID with expiration date to validate her identity. What did she use instead? Her Congressional ID, which has a photo but no expiration date (the expiration date is a key to new Indiana law requiring a valid photo ID to vote).
Now, so far, you may think I’m going to argue the point that why did the election officials give her such a hard time. It’s a photo ID, she’s a Congresswoman, let her vote. But I’m arguing the other way.
It wasn’t the right photo ID, and because she’s a Congresswoman she should know to obey and be prepared to use the “laws” setup for the state and the constituents she represents.
Marion County elections began with some controversy when Carson, a Democrat who represents most of Indianapolis, showed her congressional ID to precinct workers.The ID does not have an expiration date, as required under the new state law. But a Republican poll inspector declared it valid, and Carson was allowed to vote.
Are you telling me she doesn’t have a driver’s license? If someone can prove to me that she doesn’t, then I’ll give you a little bit against my argument. However, my other point is that she was well aware of the law (or should have been being a Congresswoman) and should have come to the polling location prepared. But NO. Just in case someone didn’t recognize her, she’s got to pull out the HEY-LOOK-AT-ME-I-WORK-FOR-CONGRESS-ID.
“Our larger concern is that there were people without the proper identification who simply did not exercise their right to vote,” he said.
Maybe I don’t want to trust someone who can’t take the necessary steps to get the correct ID to make decisions on who makes decisions for us on a local, state or federal level.
Democrats disputed the upbeat assessments. They also argued that the primary was not a good measure of how well the new ID law worked because turnout was low and enforcement was spotty.
Durh! You’re own stinking congressional representative can’t even follow the laws. Why should anyone else worry about it?
Quotes from IndyStar article
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