
If the Garden State just moved a little bit closer to having its own voter ID law, Save Jerseyans?
Governor Phil Murphy may be this all-important election integrity cause’s unlikely champion.
A little context: fifteen U.S. states have some form of voter ID requirement. New Jersey isn’t one of them. For the longest time, the Left has complained that voter ID laws – which require voters to produce a legal ID card in order to cast a ballot – are discriminatory in large part because identification cards are allegedly hard to obtain.
“The truth is, though, that while many of us may not find these voting requirements too difficult to manage, a policy can’t be judged solely on how the affluent or comfortable handle it,” complained the socialists over at Ben & Jerry’s. “We have to ensure that everyone else has access and opportunity, too. And studies have shown some people in this country are far less likely to have a valid ID than others.”
But what if everyone had a license in the form of a phone-based application?
During Tuesday’s annual State of the State address, Murphy threw his support behind a measure which would, at least in theory, supply every New Jersey resident with an unassailably easy to obtain form of government-issued identification.
“I am asking you all to send to my desk legislation — sponsored by Senator Pat Diegnan and Assemblywoman Annette Quijano — that will allow every New Jerseyan to obtain mobile driver’s licenses and IDs, accessible from their smartphone,” Murphy explained to his audience. “This is just common sense. Mobile driver’s licenses allow people to update personal information in real-time, like changing their address. And it also means that, if you lose your physical license, you will still have a form of verifiable ID on you at all times.”
At all times… even when you’re voting! Right?