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For some historical context, IDs cost money in most states and there's no national identification system. So if you implement voting ids, all it does is end up
by jorblumesea 6y ago
For some historical context, IDs cost money in most states and there's no national identification system. So if you implement voting ids, all it does is end up being voter suppression because generally the poor cannot afford to get a driver's license or cannot afford to drive therefore don't have a license. State Ids have a similar issue.
Historically, voter ID laws have been associated with disenfranchisement.
- 9HZZRfNlpR 6y agoYou could make a sane argument in EU countries since getting documents and keeping them updated in every 8 years costs money here as well but no one would take that argument seriously here.
- jorblumesea 6y agoYeah but the EU or EU countries will just eat the costs for the populace. In the US, this is a contentious issue (as is every social program for the poor tbh).
- 9HZZRfNlpR 6y agoDepends what you mean, usually there's a small 20-30 euro tax for documents.