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How does that work? As a US citizen, no amount of "harassment" is going to stop me from voting.

hydrogen7800 9mo ago
Nonetheless, it was successfully implemented for about 100 years in the US.
nullocator 9mo ago
Are you a citizen, can you prove it at the polling station? I am doubtful you are, and your documents if you have them don't seem legit enough, so I think we'll set your vote aside, or possibly prevent it from being cast; we can't be too sure!
- jaco6 9mo ago
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- AlotOfReading 9mo ago
  It doesn't matter whether you can prove it. ICE's current position [0] is that their face scanning app supercedes documents like birth certificates to determine status. [0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/ices-forced-face-scans-to-verify-citizens-is-unconstitutional-lawmakers-say/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/ices-forced-face...
  - guerrilla 9mo ago
    Well that's insane. I hadn't heard that.
- totetsu 9mo ago
  Isn’t the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility act going to stop married women who have changes their last name from what was on their birth certificate from voting?
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- smsm42 9mo ago
  > Are you a citizen, can you prove it at the polling station? Yes, I have multiple documents proving my citizenship. Never been asked though, ID always sufficed. > so I think we'll set your vote aside, or possibly prevent it from being cast; we can't be too sure! I have voted in more than one state (legally, I moved) never seen any voting place asking for any documents except for state ID and voter roll check. I don't think there is any voting place where local state ID is not "legit enough".
  - jayd16 9mo ago
    Look up Jim Crow. It's not hypothetical.
    - smsm42 9mo ago
      What's not hypothetical? Sure, there once existed racist laws in the US. How does it relate to establishing citizenship or presumedly some documents proving citizenship being considered "not legit enough"?
jayd16 9mo ago
Seeing as the harassment has escalated to murder of citizens, I'm not so sure how you can say that. Less sensationally, they'll just crank up ID requirements and wait times to suppress your vote.
- fastball 9mo ago
  Wait times happen at a local level, not federally. I don't know how they could possibly crank up ID requirements that would get in my way: I have a passport and a REAL ID driver's license.
insane_dreamer 9mo ago
you should read up on efforts to suppress the vote of certain US citizens, especially those who are poor and/or of color
greycol 9mo ago
Voter registration gets names cross referenced to facebook gets you face recognition (Palantir can do this). Ice claims that facial recognition on their app is probable cause (Ice already claim this). Ice goes down the lines at voting stations to "protect from undocumented aliens voting illegally". The government endorsed news stories will be about how many illegals were trying to vote. Meanwhile a bunch of US citizens were taken for processing due to false positives and unfortunately with such large numbers to process they aren't all released until polling stations are closed. (If only someone hadn't botched the facial recognition database update and contaminated it with a bunch of Dem voters). If rioting against these actions occurs at a station, it's closed for safety and people in area are detained while it's sorted (the stations targeted had a tendency to vote D anyway as per voter roles). Strange how that 'harassment' did stop US citizens from voting. Results come in while the case for voter suppression goes to the Supreme court. Supreme court rules that while voter suppression did occur there is no legal option of redress within its permit and the peaceful transfer of power is more important than any one election A la Bush V Gore.
hobs 9mo ago
Wrong https://www.americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/american-democracy/online/vote-voice/keeping-vote/state-rules-federal-rules/literacy-tests https://www.americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/ameri... There has been many ways to stop you from voting, contesting your vote, calling your registration into account, imitating tests that are impossible to validate if you are intelligent enough to vote, etc Spend some time educating yourself on how voting suppression has worked historically and you wont sound so ignorant.
- fastball 9mo ago
  While a required literacy test may be a form of voter suppression, it is not "harassment", which is what we are discussing.

Nonetheless, it was successfully implemented for about 100 years in the US.

Are you a citizen, can you prove it at the polling station? I am doubtful you are, and your documents if you have them don't seem legit enough, so I think we'll set your vote aside, or possibly prevent it from being cast; we can't be too sure!

jaco6 9mo ago
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AlotOfReading 9mo ago
It doesn't matter whether you can prove it. ICE's current position [0] is that their face scanning app supercedes documents like birth certificates to determine status. [0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/ices-forced-face-scans-to-verify-citizens-is-unconstitutional-lawmakers-say/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/ices-forced-face...
- guerrilla 9mo ago
  Well that's insane. I hadn't heard that.
totetsu 9mo ago
Isn’t the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility act going to stop married women who have changes their last name from what was on their birth certificate from voting?
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smsm42 9mo ago
> Are you a citizen, can you prove it at the polling station? Yes, I have multiple documents proving my citizenship. Never been asked though, ID always sufficed. > so I think we'll set your vote aside, or possibly prevent it from being cast; we can't be too sure! I have voted in more than one state (legally, I moved) never seen any voting place asking for any documents except for state ID and voter roll check. I don't think there is any voting place where local state ID is not "legit enough".
- jayd16 9mo ago
  Look up Jim Crow. It's not hypothetical.
  - smsm42 9mo ago
    What's not hypothetical? Sure, there once existed racist laws in the US. How does it relate to establishing citizenship or presumedly some documents proving citizenship being considered "not legit enough"?

jayd16 9mo ago

Seeing as the harassment has escalated to murder of citizens, I'm not so sure how you can say that. Less sensationally, they'll just crank up ID requirements and wait times to suppress your vote.

fastball 9mo ago
Wait times happen at a local level, not federally. I don't know how they could possibly crank up ID requirements that would get in my way: I have a passport and a REAL ID driver's license.

insane_dreamer 9mo ago

you should read up on efforts to suppress the vote of certain US citizens, especially those who are poor and/or of color

greycol 9mo ago

Voter registration gets names cross referenced to facebook gets you face recognition (Palantir can do this). Ice claims that facial recognition on their app is probable cause (Ice already claim this). Ice goes down the lines at voting stations to "protect from undocumented aliens voting illegally". The government endorsed news stories will be about how many illegals were trying to vote. Meanwhile a bunch of US citizens were taken for processing due to false positives and unfortunately with such large numbers to process they aren't all released until polling stations are closed. (If only someone hadn't botched the facial recognition database update and contaminated it with a bunch of Dem voters). If rioting against these actions occurs at a station, it's closed for safety and people in area are detained while it's sorted (the stations targeted had a tendency to vote D anyway as per voter roles). Strange how that 'harassment' did stop US citizens from voting. Results come in while the case for voter suppression goes to the Supreme court. Supreme court rules that while voter suppression did occur there is no legal option of redress within its permit and the peaceful transfer of power is more important than any one election A la Bush V Gore.

hobs 9mo ago

Wrong https://www.americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/american-democracy/online/vote-voice/keeping-vote/state-rules-federal-rules/literacy-tests https://www.americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/ameri... There has been many ways to stop you from voting, contesting your vote, calling your registration into account, imitating tests that are impossible to validate if you are intelligent enough to vote, etc Spend some time educating yourself on how voting suppression has worked historically and you wont sound so ignorant.

fastball 9mo ago
While a required literacy test may be a form of voter suppression, it is not "harassment", which is what we are discussing.