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> The solution, if this problem exists as they say, is to get everyone proper ID. That's not the solution because lack of ID isn't really the problem. These p
by jakelazaroff 1y ago
> The solution, if this problem exists as they say, is to get everyone proper ID.
That's not the solution because lack of ID isn't really the problem.
These problem is that the Republican party's goal is to disenfranchise people who demographically tend to vote Democratic. The difficulty in getting an ID is not an accidental feature of the system — it is an intentional policy choice made to prevent people from exercising their right to vote.
Until this root problem is fixed, any bureaucratic solutions are simply a game of whack-a-mole. If you make IDs easy to obtain, legislatures will enact rules preventing people from using them [1]. If you amend the state constitution to enfranchise felons, legislatures will invent procedural reasons to re-disenfranchise them [2].
[1] https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/states-have-added-nearly-100-restrictive-laws-scotus-gutted-voting-rights https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/stat...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement_in_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement_in_F...
- FireBeyond 1y ago> state constitution to enfranchise felons, legislatures will invent procedural reasons to re-disenfranchise them "Funnily", Donald Trump, a convicted felon, was allowed to vote in Florida, who typically bars convicted felons from voting, because "he had not yet been sentenced, therefore the conviction was not yet complete". I guarantee any other Floridian in the same position will be laughed at if they try to vote using this (non) precedent.