2025-09-23

National Voter Registration Day 2025

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I have been a registered voter for longer than I care to remember. The number of elections in which I have participated is likewise beyond the scope of my memory. I have a voter registration card for the county in which I live and this has never been adequate. In addition they require a picture ID from the state. This can and has been my driver's license. They will not accept my concealed carry permit even though it is essentially the same credential solely because it is issued by the SC Law Enforcement Division — which somehow renders it unsatisfactory for the purposes of voting.

Today is National Voter Registration Day.

It happens each September 23 and is a time to make sure you have been registered to vote in the elections of your choice. Those who are indeed registered should verify that the information with the registrar's office is current. Having lived at the same location for some 30 years I vote a few blocks across the street.

I have always appeared on the rolls and have never experienced a problem.

In South Carolina you are required to prove eligibility to vote. It is known as the SC Voter ID law. The democrats hate this because it prevents those not eligible to participate in elections from doing so.

The South Carolina Voter ID Law has been in effect since 2013. It states that in order to vote you must provide one of the following to be able to vote in person:

• SC Driver's License
• ID Card issued by SC Department of Motor Vehicles
• SC Voter Registration Card with Photo
• Federal Military ID
• US Passport

Inasmuch as I am a staunch proponent of full disclosure, far be it from me to fail to prove my identity.

I personally feel that absentee voting should not be allowed. This is the hole in the entire voting rationale. It is that place where the democrats like to collect ballots for distribution to fraudsters for submission to the voting apparatus and get over on the rest of us.

They have tightened up the rules somewhat for absentee voting but I continue to feel that it should be eradicated from the methodology. Barring active military service, should you are not be present to vote I don't feel you should be given a ballot. This is a civic duty with too many expecting the provision of personal convenience which is simply not due.