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> Additionally a part of the Republican strategy is to disenfranchise via selectively reducing access to valid existing IDs while cranking up voting requirement
by Avamander 8y ago
> Additionally a part of the Republican strategy is to disenfranchise via selectively reducing access to valid existing IDs while cranking up voting requirements of those IDs.
Can't the goverment provide the IDs to those who are less well off for free-of-charge?
- pjc50 8y agoIt could, but a Republican government won't.
- mrguyorama 8y agoThat would require the government to WANT the disenfranchised to have voting IDs. Republicans claim it's "Common Sense", but see here for how it's entirely fucked up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHFOwlMCdto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHFOwlMCdto
- monocasa 8y agoThey could, but that's specifically against their strategy here. In fact they generally selectively make IDs harder to get. https://www.al.com/opinion/2017/01/as_it_turns_out_bentleys_drive.html https://www.al.com/opinion/2017/01/as_it_turns_out_bentleys_... https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/north-carolina-voter-id/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/north-carolina-voter-id/
- BlackRing 8y agoMany states, if not all, provide a free non-drivers ID card.
- abrowne 8y agoDefinitely not all. Minnesota's at least is paid. As a non-driver, I decided to skip renewing mine recently and get a passport card instead.