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Originally Posted by Mircea
Other countries use IDs I don't know why the US doesn't.
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Because there is no such thing as a state-issued or federal issued free ID card. The absence of which makes the ID requirement a defacto poll tax.
I'd be all for voter-ID if they started giving out free ID cards to US citizens who applied for them... but it won't ever happen because the GOP does not want to lose their best tool for voter suppression.
I don't know if you've ever been broke, but there are a lot of people out there who have to plan ahead and budget around getting a driver's license and/or passport.
Not being able to afford a car means that you can't test for a driver's license and passport cards start at ~$70. That is almost two days worth of work to a lot of poor folks.