CONFIRMED: Voter ID Laws Meant to Benefit Romney, Republicans

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I doubt if anyone who is aware of the FACTS really believes all the new voter ID laws cropping up across the nation are intended to prevent "voter fraud"; after all, who would spend millions of dollars to prevent a problem that doesn't exist? I mean, wouldn't that kind of be like taking steps to prevent forest fires in the middle of the ocean? My state of Pennsylvania is one of those states and there have only been around 10 cases of voter fraud since 1999 out of many MILLIONS of voters. Still, we have this: "...Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania - done..." That's what Pennsylvania State Representative Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny said Saturday night! You can hear Turzai's words by clicking on the link found within the following article: http://www.policymic.com/articles/10236/pennsylvania-voter-id-law-suppresses-votes-and-benefits-republicans The GOP knows full well who will be the most adversely affected by ID laws like the one in PA that states everyone must have an up-to-date state approved photo ID in order to vote. They know there are many elderly voters who no longer drive and for whom it would be a huge expense not to mention very difficult for them to do to have to travel to one of the very few PennDOT offices in the state. Some of them don't have the proper ID to get a new photo ID so they have to pay for a new birth certificate. I've heard the argument that "everyone" needs a photo ID anyway; in my mother's final years, she did NOT because she gave up driving years earlier and had no need for a passport because she didn't travel abroad. Others without drivers' licenses are many people who live in the cities because they use public transportation. Then there are college students whose school ID won't be accepted in PA or some other states and some students prefer to vote where they go to school but have out of state drivers' licenses which are also not accepted. Funny how an elderly person's expired license or a college student's license from their home state would still prove their identity but they're not acceptable; so much for the claim this is about preventing voter fraud! Anyway, it's as clear as it could be that the "targets" of these new laws are the old, the young, minorities and the poor; let's see, do they have anything else in common? Hmm...many of them tend to vote for Democrats... I guess I'm a little bit PLEASANTLY surprised that one Republican actually told the truth here! Annie