One of the laughable examples of how Robin Carnahan's office has worked against preventing voter fraud is her lawsuit against the Voter ID act. Here for your amusement is some of the reasoning why having a Photo ID requirement is unconsitutional .
"These thousands of Missourians will be unduly burdened by having to jump through the myriad of governmental bureaucracies and pay the costs to obtain the necessary Photo ID...
This has a direct impact and demonstrates a further undue burden on women who change their name due to marriage. The expense, time and effort required to obtain the underlying documents to satisfy these three requirements will place a substantial and undue burden on the fundamental right to vote of the properly registered Missouri voters who do not currently possess a valid Photo ID, including the individual respondents in this case."
Now, each year when I do my taxes, it costs my thousands of dollars and dozens of hours to complete the forms, gather the correct forms, and go over them with my accountant. Every two years, I have to get new plates for my car, and the burdens and cost of doing so are at least as difficult as getting to vote. So in that respect, I guess you could say that I'm "unduly burdened" by having to jump through the "myriad of governmental bureaucracies"in my efforts to register my car, pay my property taxes, and accurately account for my income.
I don't see myself filing any court cases complaining about it. Guess that makes me a sucker for actually playing by the rules.
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