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Yes!!!! This.
And I think the other thing to think about, for example in Georgia, where they closed the DMVs in majority Black counties (and the polling places) - I have older relatives in the South who don't drive. How on earth are you supposed to go 60 miles to the DMV when your local one was closed down if you can't drive?
The closest one to the town my dad grew up in is like 35 miles away - a 60 minute drive. When my grandad was alive, he used to run a caravan to cart people to town to go to Walmart (same place where DMV was), but when he was too old to do this, there was no one running that anymore. All the young people moved away and everyone still around was his age.
Driving 35 miles even 60 miles is nothing for people in rural areas. Everything is miles away. DMV, doctor, hospital, restaurants, shopping, entertainment. I know older people who will drive 35 miles to church (it does not take an hour to driver 35 miles). If one does not drive or have relatives or church family to haul them around there are taxis, uber, and free transportations services.
Simply, it's a poll tax. If ID is required, it must be provided for free. To anyone, including homeless.
And that is what precisely get done in States that require a photo ID. I lived in Georgia, and Georgia made it crazy easy to obtain a free photo ID, and thus the courts upheld the States requirement for photo ID's to vote.
The requirements for the voter ID --- because those stats won't take your healthcare, bank account etc. as proof of your ID --- make it difficult for older black Americans to get their ID for technical reasons.
The requirements are federal law that were implemented after 9/11 to help prevent people from getting fraudulent ID's . See the "real ID" act.
Check your privilege, not everyone is intelligent enough to figure out how to get an ID or wealthy enough to afford the 20 bucks or less it costs to get an ID. We need to protect those "marginalized people"
Check your privilege, not everyone is intelligent enough to figure out how to get an ID or wealthy enough to afford the 20 bucks or less it costs to get an ID. We need to protect those "marginalized people"
Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. If you aren't intelligent enough to get an ID, you should be intelligent enough to ask someone to help you. And if you're not, then you're not intelligent enough to vote.
Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. If you aren't intelligent enough to get an ID, you should be intelligent enough to ask someone to help you. And if you're not, then you're not intelligent enough to vote.
That's because those I was making fun of are beyond parody.
I suspect over time this problem will be lessened given that there will be fewer and fewer persons that will have problems with birth certificates from home births, misspelling on documents, etc.
This isn't just a simple misspelling issue with the birth certificate, her marriage certificate uses a name not even remotely close to her maiden name.
Check your privilege, not everyone is intelligent enough to figure out how to get an ID or wealthy enough to afford the 20 bucks or less it costs to get an ID. We need to protect those "marginalized people"
should those folks be voting?
Seriously though. If a person has that much difficulty getting a photo ID, Im not sure how they get through life and I dont think they need to be voting.
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