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Is Requiring a Photo ID to Vote a Good Idea?

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    Gov. Rick Scott, (R-Fla.), on why photo identification should be required to vote.

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-- wanna talk about a related but not the same issue here.

Which is a recent survey that shows some 73% of Americans found that requiring voter ID at the poll is a good idea.

What do you say to that is at the right thing to do it certainly being hotly debated in Texas right now.

Absolutely.

We -- -- -- -- other day that if you wanna go to Michelle Obama's book signing you have to show photo ID.

Mean you're right devotes pretty darn important.

We should know who's voting and we don't want.

Anybody that does have a right to vote to -- somebody that has legitimate right to vote so actually -- you should show ID.

Well and you know this is one of the great privileges of our democracy at the end of today and you know we treated us so dismissive Blake.

That you you have to have a a license should operate a motor vehicle -- you can Willy Nilly Waltz and that any polling.

Area in the in the country and practically and vote.

That's not right I mean India we.

Well we want to defend the right to vote that's part of America mean we can't we can't -- to your right to vote by estimated doesn't have the right to vote.

We need look look at how much effort you put into making sure you view figure out who you gonna vote for you might help the candid Q my invest in the candid.

And that we're gonna dilute your vote with some made it doesn't have the right to vote that's not right that's not American we went.

Honest fair elections.

Now this isn't just -- fight between you and the federal government.

This is also a fight between you and the 67 counties who have elected supervisors who oversee these elections.

Who feel like -- either caught in the middle or they don't know what to do and they're sort of dragging their heels on your initiative would would you say to that.

Well but this is there in the same position I meant I have an obligation to enforce the law Florida the law Florida is only.

US citizens have a right to vote non US citizens don't have the right to vote.

I'm couple that over time they will do their job do the same thing that I'm -- They will make sure their roles are right that over that they can make sure that they have an honest fair election because it's their job to do that.

Governor Ed do you expect prevail what this losses.

Absolutely means.

-- if you go look at it it says and says in the federal statute that we can use that database we have a right to the database and we can use it for voter registration.

So we're doing the right thing I can't imagine anybody thinking.

-- a non US citizen should have the right to vote in our -- and our country.

-- -- have honest fair elections I don't get the right to vote in Italy or Spain or France or another country why would somebody that does have a right to vote in our state.

Have the right to vote in one of our elections.

-- governor Scott thanks for coming on tonight.

Big story I'm sure will play even bigger tomorrow -- continue to follow.

The story the ins and outs of this thank you so much for coming on tonight.

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