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> I agree, and I'm even fairly liberal. Showing proof of who you are, to be allowed to vote in the most fundamental process in a democracy is not a dumb idea. W
by mullen 6y ago
> I agree, and I'm even fairly liberal. Showing proof of who you are, to be allowed to vote in the most fundamental process in a democracy is not a dumb idea. Why would you not want the most rudimentary election security?
Because in America, voter fraud is so low that it is a non-issue. Personally, the only cases I know of are people committing voter fraud to prove how easy voter fraud is. The other point against Voter ID is that it is also a tool to keep people certain people from voting.
Voter ID is just really a tool to keep "those people" from voting.
- supernova87a 6y agoSo why is it that in other advanced countries that also don't have much voter fraud, they feel they should have some kind of ID as a requirement to vote? Why is that unreasonable?
- TylerE 6y agoBecause the constitution bans any form of poll tax. Requiring someone to got out and get an ID is considered a poll tax. Even if the ID itself is free, there is still time and travel involved.
- mbesto 6y agoI pay taxes that pays for all of the expenses required to administer voting administration (booths, paper, pens, etc). Why can't our taxes fund the administration required for people to get IDs?
- supernova87a 6y agoBy that faulty logic, just going to vote incurs a tax because of time and travel involved.
- TylerE 6y agoHow is faulty logic? It’s well established law. It’s been to the Supreme Court! See Harper v Virgina Board of Elections
- BurningFrog 6y agoBecause by that logic, voting itself is a poll tax.