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Here is an exercise for you. Go find somebody that you think might not have sufficient time or money to get an ID and ask them if they have one. Then ask them

Here is an exercise for you. Go find somebody that you think might not have sufficient time or money to get an ID and ask them if they have one. Then ask them if they think there were any barriers to them getting an ID. I bet dollars to donuts you will be surprised by the answer.

tzs 5y ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/getting-a-photo-id-so-you-can-vote-is-easy-unless-youre-poor-black-latino-or-elderly/2016/05/23/8d5474ec-20f0-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/getting-a... https://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/4/7157037/us-voter-id-requirements https://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/4/7157037/us-voter-id-req... https://www.aclu.org/other/oppose-voter-id-legislation-fact-sheet https://www.aclu.org/other/oppose-voter-id-legislation-fact-... https://www.npr.org/2018/09/07/644648955/for-older-voters-getting-the-right-id-can-be-especially-tough https://www.npr.org/2018/09/07/644648955/for-older-voters-ge... https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/2014/10/16/well-actually-pretty-hard-people-get-photo-id-just-vote/ https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/2014/10/16/well-actually-pr... https://www.theregreview.org/2019/01/08/shapiro-moran-burden-voter-identification/ https://www.theregreview.org/2019/01/08/shapiro-moran-burden... https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/10/heres-how-much-it-costs-to-vote-in-states-with-voter-id-laws/458109/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/10/heres-h... https://scholars.org/contribution/high-cost-free-photo-voter-identifications https://scholars.org/contribution/high-cost-free-photo-voter...
- tastyfreeze 5y ago
  Sorry, I don't trust any media when power or money are on the line. Talk to real people. I'm curious, what solution do you propose to exclude the 23.4 million non-citizen residents, 10.3 million illegal residents and 5.2 million felons from voting? How do you verify that somebody is legally permitted to vote?
  - anigbrowl 5y ago
    You have to show eligibility to get on the register of electors in the first place. Green card holders have the same driving licenses as citizens so if one of them were to vote illegally (eg casting a provisional ballot) you'd have no way to tell.

tzs 5y ago

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/getting-a-photo-id-so-you-can-vote-is-easy-unless-youre-poor-black-latino-or-elderly/2016/05/23/8d5474ec-20f0-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/getting-a... https://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/4/7157037/us-voter-id-requirements https://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/4/7157037/us-voter-id-req... https://www.aclu.org/other/oppose-voter-id-legislation-fact-sheet https://www.aclu.org/other/oppose-voter-id-legislation-fact-... https://www.npr.org/2018/09/07/644648955/for-older-voters-getting-the-right-id-can-be-especially-tough https://www.npr.org/2018/09/07/644648955/for-older-voters-ge... https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/2014/10/16/well-actually-pretty-hard-people-get-photo-id-just-vote/ https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/2014/10/16/well-actually-pr... https://www.theregreview.org/2019/01/08/shapiro-moran-burden-voter-identification/ https://www.theregreview.org/2019/01/08/shapiro-moran-burden... https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/10/heres-how-much-it-costs-to-vote-in-states-with-voter-id-laws/458109/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/10/heres-h... https://scholars.org/contribution/high-cost-free-photo-voter-identifications https://scholars.org/contribution/high-cost-free-photo-voter...

tastyfreeze 5y ago
Sorry, I don't trust any media when power or money are on the line. Talk to real people. I'm curious, what solution do you propose to exclude the 23.4 million non-citizen residents, 10.3 million illegal residents and 5.2 million felons from voting? How do you verify that somebody is legally permitted to vote?
- anigbrowl 5y ago
  You have to show eligibility to get on the register of electors in the first place. Green card holders have the same driving licenses as citizens so if one of them were to vote illegally (eg casting a provisional ballot) you'd have no way to tell.