The way voter ID laws like this prevent citizens from voting is generally considered a feature — by restricting ID forms common among the young, such as student IDs, they change the makeup of the electorate to favor Republicans.
Thank you for this explanation, now I understand why everyone is mad about the ID issue.
i wish there were some kind of court that would overturn injustices like this
This, much like gerrymandering, is the point. If you can’t win, cheat.
Don't more developed countries have voter ID laws than not? It's interesting to see that this is one metric where 'everyone else does this except the US' is not used as an argument for the change that would align the US with the rest.
Republicans also block national ID implementations and other methods to make getting an ID easier. So the left correctly calls them out on the bullshit. If we had similar ID systems as those countries, I don't think the left would care.
Most developed countries implement voter ID laws in ways that do not end up being poll taxes. In Canada, like many other places, there are fees to get a driver's license (not to mention you have to be able to drive) , or a passport. For example, health cards (the modern ones with photos) are valid ID to vote, and are free (there may be a fee to get a new one if you lose one, idk, but the initial card is free). The sum total is that on principle it doesn't cost money to exercise your right to vote.
Most of them have a national ID that everybody gets, not the complex mix of IDs that the US has.
If we had that, and everybody had a national ID as a matter of routine, it wouldn't be a big deal. But we don't, because issuing one would be the mark of the beast or something.
Most of them have a national ID that everybody gets, not the complex mix of IDs that the US has
And let's be clear, the people saying "we must have ID to vote" are VEHEMENTLY opposed to this idea.
Many of those countries also have rules for people without ID. Get someone who has an ID to vouch for you and it's all good. I mean, what fool is going to risk their freedom for ONE vote?
(answer: likely a Republican)
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