 should governor snyder have vetoed the voter id and citizenship bills that were passed by the legislature  yes no undecided veto of voter bills today s wednesday july 4th new york times includes on page a13 the story republican governor of michigan rejects voter id bills they described snyder as a political novice in his first term if there is any chance that the legislature can get a 23 vote in each chamber to overturn the veto s they should proceed otherwise they should work on the governor and quickly pass either or both of them again and make more noise about it the governor ought to figure out that if we are required to present picture id to vote at the polls then the state ought to be able to require presenting picture id to vote absentee the governor shares an affirmative duty with the legislatue and secretary of state to make sure that people cannot abuse the voting system any more than people who win the lottery should not be able to receive welfare benefits snyder said he vetoed the absentee ballot bill house bill 5061 because it would not let an absentee ballot count if the person did not affirm their citizenship by the close of the polls on an election day in the ny times article they quote sara wurfel a spokesman for snyder as saying that snyder suggested that veritifcation of a person s citizenship should be done only once when a voter is first registered perhaps the legislature can let the governor understand that the problem is somewhat like some of the problems of the welfare voting rolls which needed to be cleaned up the voter registration problem is the lack of proof of citizenship when people first registered and that snyder shares responsibility with the legislature and secretary of state to give clerks the tools to make sure that those who are on the voting rolls are qualified snyder s veto of voter id requirement i have to show my id when i fly when i use my credit cards when i go to a bank or credit union and in countless other places why shouldn t it be required when i vote it is imperative that we have accuracy and integrity in our voting processes when we voted for governor two years ago no one knew who snyder was or what he really stood for ideologically the longer he is in office the more we find out that king rick the first is probably nothing more than a granholm light in many ways we all know that voter fraud is real you see it in every election and the number absentee voters is significant and a perfect target for fraudulent activity why snyder thinks that you don t need to affirm your us citizenship or show a picture id when getting an absentee ballot is beyond me in some ways he has done good things that have positively impacted michigan s economy but in other ways he has been a huge disappointment such as 1 a veto of a transparency bill regarding memorandums of agreement between state officials with governments outside michigan 2 bypassing the legislature and making an interlocal agreement with canada to build a bridge 3 initiating health insurance exchanges obamacare without legislative approval 4 pushing a high speed rail project that will be used by few and be a burden on taxpayers 5 failing to take a stand on making michigan a righttowork state 6 elimination of the personal property tax on businesses that will hurt counties personally i will be working hard to have someone run against him in the primary in 2014 to get a governor that represents conservative interests not the liberal agenda i might even vote for the democrat if they are more conservative than king rick  should governor snyder have vetoed the voter and citizenship bills that were passed the legislature  