Joshua Wahl, brother to Alabama GOP Chair John Wahl, said in a deposition that his objection to voter ID was that he believed all biometric ID, including photos that could be used for facial recognition programs, to be the mark of the beast.
When Alabama’s voter ID was before the state Legislature, if I had come up with a hypothetical like the Wahl family, the proponents of that bill would have rolled their eyes and told me to stop being ridiculous.
John Wahl said that he knew his brother took part in a deposition but that was the extent of what he knew. “In particular, I object to the biometric nature of IDs in Alabama which started pursuant to the REAL ID Act,” Joshua Wahl testified. " And there’s a passage in Revelations 12 where it says that the forthcoming mark of the beast will be a number of a man. Biometrics by its nature is a number of a man. You know, that’s what makes me uncomfortable, and that goes against my convictions.
He also testified that he learned later that sheriff’s deputies had been called to the polling place, but he said their dispute with poll workers had not been hostile and that his family left without voting before those deputies arrived. Merrill also testified that he supported adding a religious exemption to Alabama’s voter ID in feb, but the bill adding such an exception, sponsored by state Rep. Kerry Rich, R-Albertville, died in the Legislature and never became lawFor a time Merrill’s intervention worked. We know now that those poll workers moved on and the Wahl family incurred the same problems with new ones who came later.
“He’s not going to be in office forever, so the law needs to treat everyone fairly, in my opinion,” he said. “I’m sure I’m not the only person who may have different views from other members of his family,” he said.
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