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You cannot function in modern life without an ID. Everything from employment to seeing a doctor to establishing utilities in your home requires an ID.
You cannot receive any government benefits without an iD. Social Services will track down necessary documentation to get you an ID before you can even receive any money or benefits. The poorest of people by and large have ID for this reason.
There are no excuses left. None.
This. The Democrats want to be able to go door to door to harvest votes. They know this is a strength of theirs. They won the last election with this strategy... They know republicans don't go around and organize in this manner. If a person wants to vote they should make the effort to go and drive to the polling place.
Why are you jumping from ID to real estate here? Is the reality of needing an ID to vote so petty a request that you need to bolster your argument by bringing up “half million dollar pieces of property”?
I did that to show you that Republicans will jump to the next level at any moment to keep people from voting.
It’s a hardship for MANY people to get an ID. And it’s not just about money.
I called the county courthouse and they sent me my birth certificate, my dad was born at home in rural Texas in the early 20’s to sharecroppers and he had a birth certificate. I really doubt that no one can obtain a birth certificate. Why didn’t they have a birth certificate? Do they have a social security number? Are they legal born citizens ? How are they getting aide?
Interesting that you attack the poor. MANY people born at home do not have birth certificates.
Say - hypothetically - we require every eligible voter to own a a half million dollar piece of property in order to vote. No one without can vote.
See how this works?
You are requiring people to PAY for right. That’s illegal.
Are you aware how many Americans do not have a birth certificate? I worked in a State Department Passport Acceptance Center in my last job - and MANY individuals do not have birth certificates. You’re required to have one to get not only a passport - but a driver’s license - and now with REAL ID a birth certificate is required.
Why not make getting an ID free? I would be on board with that.
For the same reason, Republicans are against a third-party non-partisan entity from drawing up voting districts. Or why they (Republicans) are hellbent on passing voting laws with zero evidence of nationwide voting fraud.
It all comes down to self-preservation. Many elections, whether they are at the local, state, or federal level, are decided by very small margins. Margins so small, that the slightest abrupt change can alter an election in one party's favor. Democrats oppose voter ID because they recognize that a large base of their constituents are poor, young, and live in areas that are densely packed. Voter IDs may or may not (it's hard to know for sure) put an undue burden on some of these demographics, thus hindering their chance to vote. If this happens then a local/state election that the Democrats would have won by a few thousand votes could easily turn in an election that they lost by a few thousand votes.
What exactly would the 'undue burden' be? They need an ID to buy alcohol and seem to manage fine.
What exactly would the 'undue burden' be? They need an ID to buy alcohol and seem to manage fine.
Not everyone buys alcohol.
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