Let’s suppose.

Let’s suppose you went into a bank and tried to open an account or take out a loan without proving your identity.

Let’s suppose you tried to get a hunting or fishing license without proving your identity.

Let’s suppose you tried to buy a gun legally without proving your identity.

And the list goes on and on. Let’s suppose that, without proving your identity, you tried to:

• Start a new job.

• Get a marriage license.

• Get a driver’s license.

• Rent a vehicle.

• Lease a vehicle.

• Buy a vehicle.

• Register a vehicle.

• Get a passport.

• Check in for a flight.

• Go through airport security.

• Check into a hotel.

• Buy adult beverages if you don’t look like you’re old enough.

• Sign up for cellular-telephone service.

• See a health professional.

• Purchase prescription drugs.

• Donate blood, or

• Apply for a government program.

What do you suppose the reaction would be?

That’s right. You know the answer, don’t you?

– – –

Here’s another question, just for fun: How do you suppose gun-control advocates would react if you said you had a Second Amendment right to buy a gun without proving your identity?

You know the answer to that too, don’t you?

– – –

So what’s wrong with securing our elections by requiring one to:

• Register to vote in person,

• Prove one’s citizenship while registering to vote, and

• Prove one’s identity before voting?

The answer, of course, is nothing.

Nothing at all.

The answer would be nothing even if the United States under previous leadership hadn’t let millions of aliens enter the country illegally.

Yet that mistake makes the case for securing our elections even more compelling.

Securing our elections hinders cheating.

– – –

Why would anyone oppose securing our elections?

Although we can’t get inside the heads of those opposed to securing our elections, and asking them publicly is unlikely to solicit a candid answer, we needn’t abandon common sense.

It’s no secret that cheating happens.

With that, let’s pick up where we left off three weeks ago.

Why, do you suppose, some were–and, indeed, still are–so eager to let millions of aliens enter the United States illegally?

Why, do you suppose, some have been so eager to shower them with taxpayers’ money?

Why, do you suppose, some have been so eager to grant them citizenship or encourage them to vote without being citizens?

Could it be, do you suppose, that for some, a motive–perhaps the main motive, perhaps the only motive–behind all of this is to gain electoral advantage?

Could it be, do you suppose, that for some, the burden on taxpayers, the increase in crime, and electoral fraud–not to mention the increased risk of terrorism–from letting millions of aliens enter the country illegally are worth gaining electoral advantage?

Could it be, do you suppose, that some oppose securing our elections, because they want to cheat?

– – –

Outright opposing securing our elections is a losing argument, so opponents of securing our elections need to come up with something else.

They’ve reached into their usual bag of tricks and pulled out some of their usual accusations that can make the weak-kneed among their opponents cower: They’ve said, for example, that securing our elections by requiring registrants to prove citizenship, and requiring voters to prove their identity, discriminates against poor people and non-whites.

If–if–the discrimination accusation were true, then it would also be true that because of requirements to prove one’s identity, poor people and non-whites are disproportionately unable to open a bank account; take out a loan; apply for a hunting or fishing license; legally buy a gun; start a new job; get a marriage or driver’s license; rent, lease, or buy a vehicle; get a passport; check in for a flight; go through airport security; check into a hotel; buy adult beverages if they don’t look like they’re old enough; sign up for cellular-telephone service; see a health professional; purchase prescription drugs; donate blood, and–and–apply for any government program.

Do you believe those are true as to poor people and non-whites?

What does the answer tell us about the discrimination accusation?

– – –

Randy Elf urges you not to cower at such accusations.

COPYRIGHT © 2026 BY RANDY ELF