Talk about wasting time. Democrats in the New Mexico legislature have managed to render all efforts to make a statewide voter I.D. law pretty much irrelevant. If House Bill 577 (another voter I.D. law) were to pass when it is voted on next week, it won’t mean much. Now that the state’s practice of issuing driver’s licenses to those who have entered the country illegally will continue, it would seem almost silly to pass a voter I.D. law.
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| John Arthur Smith |
Would the majority of Senate and House Democrats (except John Arthur Smith) now be so cynical as to pretend to be in favor of the philosophy requiring voter I.D. after making sure the issuing of bogus I.D.’s continues? In politics anything is possible. But for those plagued by a modicum of logic, knowing New Mexico identification documents will continue to be put in the hands of tens of thousands of people who are ineligible to vote, we can’t help but realize that the constitutional rights of equal protection under law have become a charade in the state we call home.
What do legitimate taxpaying residents of New Mexico think of having their own rights to cast votes being systematically diluted by all but one Democrat in the Senate (John Arthur Smith) and all but six Democrats in the House? It is hard to say, especially when the next election is still 19 months away. Will voter’s memories on this constitutional travesty be long enough to matter come November of 2012? Only the passage of time will tell. In politics, even New Mexico politics,19 months is an eternity.
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