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The entire problem is that it's very difficult to obtain ID in many jurisdictions because the ruling class uses it to decrease the "wrong people" from voting.
by r00fus 2y ago
The entire problem is that it's very difficult to obtain ID in many jurisdictions because the ruling class uses it to decrease the "wrong people" from voting.
None of the people who want ID for voting want to make getting said ID easier.
- CivBase 2y agoIt's kind of a catch-22 though, isn't it? If people rarely need the documentation, there are few incentives to streamline the process for getting it.
- Timon3 2y agoBut there's no reason to wait with streamlining until people need it. If you know you want to require IDs, streamline the process in the years before.
- CivBase 2y agoIt's been my observation that organizations - including governments - rarely have that level of foresight. They're usually more reactionary.
- hn_acker 2y agoNow, there's less need for foresight than for US state legislators to admitt that many currently active or already proposed voter ID laws suppress more valid voters than prevent fraud votes.