State Senator Charles Janssen has introduced a voter ID bill in the state unicameral. This bill would require a photo ID to vote in elections. Of course, the usual suspects are up in arms about the proposal and 70 of them showed up at the unicameral to protest the bill yesterday.

Nebraska needs this bill.

Though Voter fraud may well be minor in the state of Nebraska, it still exists. Sorry to repudiate the opponents claim, but I worked in the election office putting out results. People attempted to vote provisional more than once, and only the dilligence of the office staff could prevent such a thing. Democrats in particular, but some Republicans too, vote both with an absentee ballot from their household, then show up on election day and vote again. The photo id requirement would be needed, to my understanding, on absentee balloting as well. This is the biggest way Democrats can defraud the system in Nebraska.

Currently in Nebraska, picture ID is used to purchase a multitude of items, including things like Sudafed. These restrictions were approved by the same people who are against issuing of a photo ID for voting.

A photo ID for voting, in this day and age, is long overdue to protect our system from fraud. As has been shown just yesterday by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas, the ability to commit voter fraud is just too easy to perform. Its ridiculous we allow such a thing to continue in this country.

Help support Nebraska State Senator Janssen’s bill. It is the right thing to do.