[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13065]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        LET PEOPLE VOTE ALREADY

  (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Madam Speaker, our democracy flourishes 
when every citizen who wants to, votes--but just once. And luckily, 
there's just not much evidence that anyone's voting more than once. 
Look at Pennsylvania, where one of the Nation's strictest voter ID laws 
is on trial. The State can offer zero evidence that fraud has been 
committed. They can offer zero evidence that future fraud is likely.
  So why would we require a voter ID when we know one in 10 voters 
doesn't have ID? Why would we close early voting sites or deny voters 
an absentee ballot when they can't make it to the polls on election 
day?
  Madam Speaker, the number of people hurt by barriers to voting is 
clearly higher than the number of illegal votes these methods purport 
to stop. So let's quit fooling ourselves and let people vote already.

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