Deborah Simmons: “Democracy worthy of voter ID to prevent fraud”

Washington Times here:


Opponents should look no further than D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, who recently learned a textbook lesson on how not to look stupid.


Mr. Gray appointed a woman named Andrea Pringle as his deputy chief of staff on Aug. 30, but a week later she resigned after news broke that she was a Maryland resident for more than a year but had voted in the District in September 2010.


The voter fraud, uncovered by Dorothy Brizill and exposed on her website D.C. Watch, occurred because D.C. voters do not have to produce identification to cast a vote.


Nothing. Nada. Zilch.


All you have to do is give a name and address and you are handed the requisite voting materials.


But are D.C. officials combating voter fraud? No.