Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090137296

After all. why shouldnt we require people to present a photo identification card when they vote? Dont we want to ensure that voters are actually who they claim to be? And shouldnt we at least make sure that noncitizens are not casting ballots and changing the outcomes of elections? There are two problems with that argument. First. there has been no showing that there is any significant problem of voter fraud in the 50 States. There certainly is no showing that noncitizens are rushing to try to vote. This is a solution in search of a problem. The second problem is that historically disenfranchised groupsminorities. the poor. the elderly and the disabledare most affected by photo identification laws.
Keywords matched
noncitizens

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
BARACK OBAMA
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
2006-05-23
Speech ID
1090137296
Paragraph
#1
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