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> Can you give an example of a bill where Dems attached a universal free federal ID rider? Because IDs are a State thing? States issue IDs (except for Passport

> Can you give an example of a bill where Dems attached a universal free federal ID rider? Because IDs are a State thing? States issue IDs (except for Passports, which the Feds issue). The Feds can't make the States issue IDs to everyone. One of the big oppositions to ID laws is that it unfairly hurts poor voters more than rich ones. If you look at the demographic without IDs, they're mostly poor, rural or a marginalized community like native Americans.

int_19h 8y ago
The feds can issue their own ID, and require that the states recognize it for the purposes of voter identification, at least for federal elections. But you're right, "federal" was an unnecessary qualifier. I would also be interested in any such bills on state level. > One of the big oppositions to ID laws is that it unfairly hurts poor voters more than rich ones That is only so because the voter ID laws you usually see in US are intentionally designed to do just that. But, as I wrote in my initial comment in this thread, most developed countries have some form of voter ID without those issues. Hence why I don't buy the argument that voter ID is inherently discriminatory. And, logically, if your opposition to voter ID is on those grounds, then there should be a reasonable compromise here in form of implementing it, but in a non-discriminatory way. Hence my question about whether Dems have tried that anywhere.