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Hmmm. My mom was 91 when she died. She not only "had to have a ride" but she had to have help walking from room to room even, and definitely anywhere else. She had to have help to get to the car and then I had a little stepstool for her to stand on and turn around and sit in the car, and then we would put her legs in. She could use a walker - with help - but couldn't walk more than a few steps without being out of breath, and for anything more than that we used a wheelchair. She could not be alone because she would fall. She hadn't driven in many years, but she did keep her driver's license updated and she voted in every election.
If she had needed to get an ID other than her driver's license she would have wanted to do that and we would have loaded her in the car and gone to get it.
Don't break your neck falling off your high horse. I was not responding to you when I said a poster didn't have much experience with the truly elderly. AFAIK, all states make you take a vision test every time you renew your driver's lice and won't issue one if you fail.
I do not live near my MIL, my husband's brother is in charge of that stuff. And some have NO family to help them.
Don't break your neck falling off your high horse. I was not responding to you when I said a poster didn't have much experience with the truly elderly. AFAIK, all states make you take a vision test every time you renew your driver's lice and won't issue one if you fail.
I do not live near my MIL, my husband's brother is in charge of that stuff. And some have NO family to help them.
And didn't I say if she didn't have her driver's license she would want an ID and we would take her to get one?
I didn't think you were responding to me, but now you admit you don't even live near your MIL. You keep using her as an example, but truthfully your brother in law could take her to get an ID, could he not? It's not like she has no license so there is no way she can vote. She could get an ID if she needed to.
Yes, some have no help. But where there's a will, there is a way. There are all kinds of programs in place to help people who cannot help themselves. I guarantee you if an elderly person wanted an ID so that they could vote, someone would help to make sure it happened.
And didn't I say if she didn't have her driver's license she would want an ID and we would take her to get one?
I didn't think you were responding to me, but now you admit you don't even live near your MIL. You keep using her as an example, but truthfully your brother in law could take her to get an ID, could he not? It's not like she has no license so there is no way she can vote. She could get an ID if she needed to.
Yes, some have no help. But where there's a will, there is a way. There are all kinds of programs in place to help people who cannot help themselves. I guarantee you if an elderly person wanted an ID so that they could vote, someone would help to make sure it happened.
Quit getting so personal. I said nothing about my mother-in-law not being able to vote. I said I didn't know if she still had a DL. I said I thought she'd vote absentee.
You want to place money on this guarantee of yours?
It's just not hard to get a state ID though. I think that's a lot of the point. If a person actually cannot get a state ID...wow, can they even get it together enough to vote?
They dont care if they cant get it together, theyll do it for them, come pick them up and tell who to vote for.
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Better yet, how's he going to get that check? I would wager that the SC lottery requires someone to show some sort of ID before they give them a check of that size.
Oh yes - from the SC lottery website:
Its such a worthless argument, to understand why dems would not want people to get a free ID (that will actually remove barriers from their lives) is just crazy and shows that they dont care how they get those votes.
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