As progressive lawmakers around the nation violate fundamental principles of the rule of law, We the People increasingly are rising up to override lawlessness in an effort to reclaim normalcy. Such is the case in Maine, where a petition seeking a ballot proposal requiring a photo ID requirement for voting has gathered momentum.
Voter ID Laws in Turmoil
The curious times in which Americans now find themselves hold that questioning election results is verboten, but so, too, is ensuring traditional protections of the process using voter ID are upheld. This circular logic at times appears designed to doubly undermine voter confidence in the election process.
The Maine initiative may reflect a national movement against this “halve your cake and eat it too” deterioration of voter system trust in the name of “preventing barriers to voting participation.” Voter ID laws are not motivated by a desire to prevent people from voting but to prevent people from cheating.
Vermont requires citizens to show photo ID to purchase marijuana but not to vote. The Green Mountain State has vocally defended illegal immigrants against federal immigration law enforcement, and its laws permit illegal immigrants to vote in municipal elections. A current initiative seeks to prohibit landlords from requiring Social Security numbers from potential tenants, an effort to facilitate rentals for people in the country illegally.
Maine Voters Fight Back
The Maine initiative was prompted by a conservative political action committee called The Dinner Table. The group was co-founded by Maine firebrand state Rep. Laurel Libby, who has repeatedly confounded progressive efforts to undermine women’s rights through transgender ideology. Maine Gov. Janet Mills recently butted heads with President Donald Trump’s efforts to “ban trans girls from women’s sports,” making Libby’s push for sensible voter ID laws particularly timely. […]
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