SOME Democrat PLEASE put forth a LEGIT Voter ID bill.

[Ms. Toad]

30. Do you understand that requiring an ID - EVEN a RealID - does not prove citizenship

So as long as Democrats are opposed to requiring documentary proof of citizenship (and we should be), no voter ID law we can pass will counter the ads you are worried about claiming that Democrats want non-citizens to vote.

While it might be possible going forward for all citizens to provide proof of citizenship - say for citizens born after the date of the bill - for many people already living and voting for their entire lives, it is not always possible - even with all the money in the world to throw at it. Now, the births of most children are registered immediately, not just for a birth certificate but also for a social security number. That was not always the case. Home births were not always registered. I was 13-ish when I was issued a social security number. Most of my peers were older - since most farm kids weren't paid for working on the farm. So there are many older citizens (when birth registration was not automatic, and social security numbers were obtained when the individual started working who have been voting for years who will be disenfranchised if voter ID which requires proof of citizenship is enacted.

It is not a matter of wanting citizens to vote - it is a matter of acknowledging that many citizens would be disenfranchised by a bill which required documentary proof of citizenship, and refusing to support that disenfranchisement (especially in the name of solving an imaginary problem).