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The US does not have a law requiring you to have an id. Requiring people to have one is making the assumption that every person in the US can afford the time an
by mffnbs 7y ago
The US does not have a law requiring you to have an id. Requiring people to have one is making the assumption that every person in the US can afford the time and money to obtain one, as well as the physical ability to do so.
If you cannot make this assumption, then you are actively disenfranchising people.
- tooop 7y agoSounds a bit backwards when one of the most powerful countries in the world cannot afford to issue its poor citizens passports...
- mffnbs 7y agoWe can afford to do that, easily. Can we achieve it politically? No. Is it worth doing? No. You can achieve the same result by not requiring an id to vote.