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> Oh, and it'll cost you $50 (actual costs vary from state to state). And requiring voters to spend $50 to get an ID that lets them vote is totally not going to
by willcipriano 4y ago
> Oh, and it'll cost you $50 (actual costs vary from state to state). And requiring voters to spend $50 to get an ID that lets them vote is totally not going to be in violation of the 24th Amendment (that bans poll taxes).
That's why all states with voter id laws also have to offer a free "walking" id.
> A final thing I'll bring up is this: to get my photo ID, I basically need to show up to the appropriate state office with something like a birth certificate and something that has my current address. Why is it that showing up to vote with this same information is somehow insufficiently secure to allow me to vote?
Some states let people use student ID's, like the thing the AV club prints in the basement. Birth certificate, social security card and a current bill should be enough in my opinion, but anti voter id folks would go nuts if you said you had to bring all those to vote.
- tptacek 4y agoThe social security card is one of the hardest bits of ID to get (I've had the pleasure of replacing several, for myself and family members).
- kasey_junk 4y agoI replaced 1 this spring and it was literally just a web form. https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/ https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/
- tptacek 4y agoI replaced one in 2019 and had to make an appointment at the Social Security Office days ahead of a time and wait 2 hours there in person. The web form existed, but I wasn't eligible.
- tptacek 4y agoAlso? It's an unlaminated paper card (you're not allowed to laminate it), and you theoretically get a limited number of them before they'll stop replacing them. My feeling about social security cards is that you should keep them in a safe deposit box and never on your person. The idea of needing one to vote is ludicrous to me. It's America's worst card.
- kasey_junk 4y agoThe only reason I needed one was to prove my employability in the face of a lapsed passport. I can’t remember the last time I used it for anything and the irs suggests you don’t even need one (ridiculously). That is to say I agree.