NEW YORK—The Trump administration and its radical right foot-soldiers in the federal government and in the states are undertaking a comprehensive scheme to undermine future state and federal elections, in effect rigging the rolls to keep themselves in power no matter what the voters decide.
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Yeah, I don’t get that one either. Granted, I’m not registered or ever plan to vote unless/until direct democracy exists, but how do they determine if you’re in the right district, precinct, etc. without confirming your identity? I would think that making sure people are doing things correctly and fairly would be a thing most people that aren’t trying to cheat the system would want.
It’s because we don’t have a FREE federal ID. There is no mechanism by which someone with no money can get any identification paperwork. If that were possible, I agree requiring an ID would be good, but until then it just weeds out the poorest.
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Because it’s a barrier to voting that disproportionately disadvantages poor people.
Then give out ids for free.
Firstly, free anything sounds very un-american.
More generally though, that doesn’t really solve the problem.
People living in poverty often just don’t have the time, access, and / or mental acuity to attend to this type of personal administration stuff.
If you’re living hand-to-mouth, it’s just not a priority… you can’t eat your ID.
If you don’t have a home it may be difficult to obtain an ID, and if you have one it might be difficult to keep it.
Fucking stupid