Voter Fraud vs Common Sense

With all of the discussions about Photo ID and voter fraud there seems to be a disconnect.  The issue should not involve the ability to buy beer or board an airplane without some form of photo ID.  In fact, the reality that while a photo ID is required of everyone buying beer at the neighborhood grocery store, no photo ID is required to purchase wine or liquor at the neighborhood liquor store.  Are more people likely to fraudulently purchase beer than wine?  The topic of discussion should be whether or not there has been any form of voter fraud and if so, what form has that taken. In court hearings in Pennsylvania, the lawyer arguing for the need of a photo ID law was unable to cite a single instance where voter impersonation had taken place in Pennsylvania.  Why should there be a law that inconveniences thousands and prevents events that have never occurred.  Would it make any sense to enact a law that would prevent equine breeders from crossing a unicorn with a donkey?  Neither unicorns or voter impersonators exist in sufficient numbers to merit any form of legislation affecting their existence.  While there is voter fraud, it does not occur in the voting booth.  Any cases of voter fraud have all been events that took place involving the voter registration lists or with paper and absentee balloting (the largest amount of fraudulent voting!) and photo Id would not prevent any of these actions from taking place.  Of particular interest is the reality that while voters must present photo ID, poll officials and poll workers in Tennessee are not required to prove their identity in any form.  This, in itself, opens the door to possible fraud far more than an 80 year-old without a driver’s license or with a license without a photo.  What is called for in this and other legislation is a modicum of common sense. If an individual has had a history of voting, that history should be sufficient proof of identity and all that is required to continue to vote.  Perhaps newly registered voters should be asked for proof of ID in order to register, but at the same time, IDs that allow one to enter a place of work, education, health club, or other entities should serve to prevent voter impersonation, the crime that does not appear to exist.