Americans can’t agree on key issues in next year’s election, but we all expect integrity in the electoral process itself – which means, in part, making sure that only U.S. citizens get to cast a ballot. With at least twelve million immigrants living here illegally, the threat of non-citizens swaying elections is very real and the need for producing tamper proof photo ID’s at the polls is clear and obvious. Nevertheless, a new survey by Parade Magazine showed an overwhelming majority – some 61% -- gave a “No!” answer to the question, “Should You Need a Photo ID to Vote?”  One typical opponent of requiring identification for voters said: “Mandating photo IDs would adversely impact the poor, young and elderly and skew the results toward what privileged voters want.” Another survey participant said that “voter fraud isn’t a problem in the U.S., but getting people out to vote is.” Unfortunately, those who want to expand the number of voters at all costs – even if it means giving the franchise to those who are legally ineligible – are often joined by conservatives who are allergic to any form of national, government issued identification card. Attempts to require ID for voting ran into judicial trouble – and solid Democratic opposition – in Georgia and the evidence suggests that officials across the country will be forced to accept hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of questionable votes in the election of 2008. When we can’t even organize and require identification for voting, how can we ever hope to put in place a functional national system to demand that only legal residents get  to work in this country? The first step toward any meaningful reform is a standardized, tamper-proof identification card (probably with some form of biometric verification) that would be restricted to legal residents and would clearly note citizenship status – making sure as quickly as possible that no non-citizens are allowed to vote.