Speech #1090137283

I will have three articles printed in the RECORD. but I will take a couple of minutes to highlight some of the very important points raised in these articles. The first article. entitled "Jimmy Carter Is Right. Amend the immigration bill to require voters to show ID" appeared Monday in the Opinion Journal written by John Fund in which he notes: Andrew Young. the former Atlanta mayor and U.N. ambassador. believes that in an era when people have to show ID to rent a video or cash a check. "requiring ID can help poor people who otherwise might be even more marginalized by not having one. Mr. Fund goes on to note: The CarterBaker commissioners recognized that cost could be a barrier to some and thus recommended that identification cards be provided at no cost to anyone who needed one. They also argued that photo ID would make it significantly less likely that a voter would be wrongly turned away at the polls due to outofdate registration lists or for more malicious reasons. This amendment does just that. provides grants to States so that anyone who wants an ID can get one free of charge. Lastly. and most importantly for this immigration debate. Mr. Fund states: The man who in 1994 assassinated Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosino in Tijuana had registered to vote at least twice in the U.S. although he was not a citizen. An investigation by the Immigration and Naturalization Service into alleged fraud in a 1996 Orange County. California congressional race revealed that "4.023 illegal voters possibly cast ballots in the disputed election between Republican Robert Dornan and Democrat Loretta Sanchez. The second article is written by Andrew Young. former mayor of Atlanta on September 30. 2005 for the Atlanta JournalConstitution. in which he states: At the end of the day. a photo ID is a true weapon against the bondages of poverty.