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> So far I don't think any proposal for stronger ID requirements has tried to address this. That isn’t some accident of circumstance. The entirety of the purpo
by Spooky23 3mo ago
> So far I don't think any proposal for stronger ID requirements has tried to address this.
That isn’t some accident of circumstance. The entirety of the purpose of voter id initiatives is to disenfranchise these very people.
- ungreased0675 3mo agoI don’t believe those people exist.
- tadfisher 3mo agohttps://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/20140327_For_many_Americans__obtaining_a_birth_certificate_proves_challenging.html https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/20140327_For_many_Ameri...
- microgpt 3mo agoNeither does the voter ID database.
- rectang 3mo agoVoter suppression strategy depends on statistical degradation of enfranchisement. There is a small group for whom it is literally impossible to obtain supporting documentation — this is the group that you're focusing on, but to my mind it's not that important. There is a much larger group for whom the difficulty of obtain supporting documentation makes them statistically less likely to obtain it — and this larger group is the one targeted by voter ID laws to suppress their votes. Because voter suppression strategies will absolutely not be abandoned, we're on an inevitable path towards national IDs.