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This is, in reality, a virtually nonexistent problem. It's often used as a rationale for voter suppression, though.
by LargeWu 7y ago
This is, in reality, a virtually nonexistent problem. It's often used as a rationale for voter suppression, though.
- tathougies 7y agoFalse: not having voter ID is used as a rationale for voter ressurection though: https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/10/27/2-investigators-chicago-voters-cast-ballots-from-beyond-the-grave/ https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/10/27/2-investigators-chic...
- cyphar 7y agoCourts found that the North Carolina voter ID laws were designed to be discriminatory[1]. Same in Texas[2]. So it's definitely true in at least two cases that voter ID laws were provably designed for voter suppression. [1]: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/north-carolinas-voter-id-law-supreme-court-cert/526713/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/north-c... [2]: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/20/texas-voter-id-law-voting-rights-act-federal-court-decision https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/20/texas-voter-...
- LargeWu 7y agoNot only provably, but explicitly. Voter suppression was the primary intent.
- cyphar 7y agoSomething being provably true is a higher bar than it being explicitly stated (because an explicit statement isn't enough to prove something to be true). I agree that voter suppression was the primary intent, but the legislation wasn't called "The Illegal Voter Suppression Act 2013".
- skrowl 7y ago> a virtually nonexistent problem Watch Broward County FL this November. Whole boxes of filled out ballots will be "found" mysteriously. Just like every election.
- LargeWu 7y agoThat is election fraud, perpetrated by the people running the elections themselves, not voter fraud. If you can't trust the people running the elections, then no amount of voter ID is going to matter.