Election Law

We received a piece of junk mail today-well, not exactly junk mail. We received a political flyer. It was an endorsement ad for Hillary Clinton from the American Federation for State, County, and Municipal Employees. In addition to promoting their endorsement, the last page explained how to caucus, which takes place here this Saturday. I was struck by one of the explanation which stated:

"You don't need to bring ID, but you should bring your family and coworkers."

It caused me to wonder, what is stopping me from renting a bus, driving to eastern Washington, paying a bunch of illegal farm immigrants to drive over for the day, give them lunch, and get them to caucus for the person I wished. Wondering if this could possibly be true and wondering what the flyer was trying to encourage from Hillary supporters, I called the caucus hotline and asked the person on the other end of the line that exact question, and he answered: "Well, technically you could do that." To my question of how the precinct determines if the caucus goers are even registered voters, he said that all someone needs to do is sign a statement at the door. I may not know that many illegal Mexicans, but I could probably round up a group of felons. From reading all the police reports I read, I know where they like to hang out.

I simply do not believe that requiring people to have an ID disenfranchises anyone. Anyone who is legally allowed to vote can get a license, or an ID card and the fact that some people are too lazy to get an ID does not mean they are disenfranchised.

But I didn't get into this with the volunteer on the other end. I just asked where my precinct was and will go to add my one vote, and whatever posse of registered voters want to come with me.