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It's simple: election margins are super slim right now, and Democrats are concerned that some sliver of their base--people too poor or busy or whatever to get a

• tablespoon 5y ago
  > It's simple: election margins are super slim right now, and Democrats are concerned that some sliver of their base--people too poor or busy or whatever to get an ID--will be disenfranchised as a result. Which I tried to directly address in my comment (at least the busy part, and the too poor part can easily be addressed by having the agency I proposed pay the fees for the ID). It's a solvable problem, and solving it seems like it would be clearly in the public interest (for way more reasons than just voting).
  • JAlexoid 5y ago
    All you have to do is shut down a DMV in a poor neighborhood - and viola - you just have indirectly reduced the number of people without photo IDs.
    • tablespoon 5y ago
      > All you have to do is shut down a DMV in a poor neighborhood - and viola - you just have indirectly reduced the number of people without photo IDs. I was imagining having an agency with people like a census-takers who would come to your home and handle whatever in-person stuff was necessary, which would make DMV locations a non-issue.