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The statistics are nonsense and do not represent a significant population. First of all, way beyond 11% of the population would be outside of the voting age, a
by cudgy 4y ago
The statistics are nonsense and do not represent a significant population.
First of all, way beyond 11% of the population would be outside of the voting age, and/or unable to or unwilling to vote anyway.
Second, how could these people even rent or own a property without an ID or otherwise function in society? You cannot even get a library card, cash a check, get a bank account, or receive government assistance without an id. How are they able to pay any bills or receive income? Does cash sprinkle from the sky? Very few actual, able, or potential voters fit within this extremely small group.
Third, if a citizen is unable or unwilling to travel a short distance to obtain a simple id for $25 in order to ensure basic participation in society, are they likely even able to understand for whom or what they are even voting? Also, if they cannot travel or afford to travel to get an id, how are they even able to travel in order to vote, get groceries, get medical care, or anything else for that matter?
Fourth, if a citizen has no id, how can you know they are even a citizen that is able to vote in the first place?
- dsfyu404ed 4y ago>Second, how could these people even rent or own a property without an ID or otherwise function in society? You cannot even get a library card, cash a check, get a bank account, or receive government assistance without an id They can't. It's a red herring that gets tossed around as an in-group signaling mechanism by those who have never lived near the margin and therefore don't realize how much more often you need to ID yourself when you're "down there" so to speak.