I researched it, Rand WANTS fair elections, his worry is if we federalize elections and that power becomes centralized, if a democrat gains control they can say "no id required for all states" and since the federal government now can force wild rules for all states under Save Act, it is too risky.
I get understand his argument, but I don't think we will have a democratic party to compete with after 3 years.
Ultimately, such requirements need to be a constitutional amendment. It shouldn't be at the mercy of politics and is widely popular even among Democrats
To be honest, his point is historically moot anyways, Voting Rights Act of 1865 already interferes with elections in such a greivous way as to overshadow such a minor thing as voter ID.
Hell, the Reconstruction acts completely dissolved civilian government in the South unless they allowed blacks to vote. Surely Rand, Mr. Principled is going to advocate for the repealing the 14th amendment, since States should decide who can vote and who can't?
Libertarians generally want what conservatives want, but they generally seem to have no viable plan to get there because any path requires less than perfect intermediary steps, and libertarians can't go outside their "principles" even a little bit. So they just say no.
I researched it, Rand WANTS fair elections, his worry is if we federalize elections and that power becomes centralized, if a democrat gains control they can say "no id required for all states" and since the federal government now can force wild rules for all states under Save Act, it is too risky.
I get understand his argument, but I don't think we will have a democratic party to compete with after 3 years.
Ultimately, such requirements need to be a constitutional amendment. It shouldn't be at the mercy of politics and is widely popular even among Democrats
To be honest, his point is historically moot anyways, Voting Rights Act of 1865 already interferes with elections in such a greivous way as to overshadow such a minor thing as voter ID.
Hell, the Reconstruction acts completely dissolved civilian government in the South unless they allowed blacks to vote. Surely Rand, Mr. Principled is going to advocate for the repealing the 14th amendment, since States should decide who can vote and who can't?
Libertarians generally want what conservatives want, but they generally seem to have no viable plan to get there because any path requires less than perfect intermediary steps, and libertarians can't go outside their "principles" even a little bit. So they just say no.