The House has voted 47 to 24 to approve a bill that would require voters to show identification at the polls.  The bill has the support of both Speaker William Murphy and Majority Leader Gordon Fox, along with Secretary of State Ralph Mollis.  The bill would improve confidence in the system, while making it more difficult for voter fraud to occur.

     It seems like a great bill, but of course, it has its detractors.  Representatives Charlene Lima and Art Handy have criticized the bill.  They claim it would disenfranchise people, and that the poor might not have ID's.  They seem to ignore the fact that almost all adults have picture ID's.  They also ignore the fact that the bill will provide free picture ID's to those who don't have one.  Here's my question: Who are the detractors trying to prevent from being disenfranchised: Those who try to vote more than once or illegal aliens?