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0 pointsmacintux8y ago0 comments

With how much paperwork required and at what cost (time, money) to obtain? And, like Texas, are the places to obtain ID few and far between?

https://rewire.news/ablc/2014/10/16/well-actually-pretty-har...

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TheAdamAndChe8y ago· 5 in thread

Right, it takes paperwork to verify identity, otherwise the ID would be worthless. I've also never met an adult that _doesn't_ have some form of photo ID.

I understand that it's important to protect our poor and all that, but requiring proof of citizenship to vote seems pretty important to me in our democracy, and is an incredibly low bar that nearly everyone is already capable of meeting.

baddox8y ago

I’ve never met one either, but that could not be any less relevant. The ACLU says that 11% of American citizens have no ID.

https://www.aclu.org/other/oppose-voter-id-legislation-fact-...

TheAdamAndChe8y ago

That statistic came from the Brennan Center for Justice, which has a history of bias-driven research[1]. They have also taken massive donations from George Soros. I question the legitimacy of their "research."

[1] https://ballotpedia.org/Brennan_Center_for_Justice#Bias

edit: Why am I being downvoted for doing research on citations? It's kind of important to be critical of these kind of things.

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astura8y ago

How do you know? Do you ask everyone you meet for an ID?

There's a lot of people who live in the "fringes" of society who don't have an ID.

My uncle, for example. He lived with my grandma his whole life and didn't have a driver's license, car, or a job other than to run errands for my grandma.

I also have a friend who does not have an ID. Her husband takes care of everything and she doesn't drive.

It's unusual but not illegal to live like that.

macintuxOP8y ago

Well, anecdata aside, an estimated 20 million Americans don’t per one study.

http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/d/do...

jimktrains28y ago

> I've also never met an adult that _doesn't_ have some form of photo ID.

I'm sorry you live in a bubble and can't see past it.

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