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Regardless that was the motivation. It may have been a failed effort, but it was absolutely the intention and it's got to hurt being a black person in this da
by breakyerself 5y ago
Regardless that was the motivation. It may have been a failed effort, but it was absolutely the intention and it's got to hurt being a black person in this day and age and know that lawmakers are still looking for ways to exclude you from our democratic system.
- rayiner 5y agoWhose motivation? People who support Voter ID do so for the same reason voter ID is required in many racially homogenous countries: it avoids even the appearance of impropriety or manipulability. If you look at how elections are conducted in say Taiwan, there are many rituals that are designed to provide visible evidence of how hard the election would be to tamper with. That builds confidence in the election system—irrespective of whether additional security is actually needed. (I have locks in my house even though I’ve never been robbed.) As to Black voters: https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/march_2021/75_support_voter_id_laws https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/ge... > Majorities of whites (74%), blacks (69%) and other minorities (82%) say voters should be required to show photo identification before being allowed to vote. Voters under 40 support voter ID laws more than do older voters.