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In reply to the discussion: What is wrong with requiring a picture ID to vote? [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)24. It's the objective
If this was a Federal requirement, it was FREE, you could get it almost anywhere, and proof of citizenship was easy to obtain it the first time...like countries that have them to clean rolls and all that....it would be one thing.
Read how it is done...it is meant to suppress votes.
Oh and one more thing...voting fraud is not there...the few cases (one this cycle for the whole country) have been republicans.
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What if pigs could fly? In states where photo ID is required there are costs imposed now.
yardwork
Nov 2012
#85
I want you to step back and consider how silly your argument is getting
4th law of robotics
Nov 2012
#94
Nice try. You hope to confuse people by suggesting that the ID cards "could" be free.
yardwork
Nov 2012
#117
Why don't you get right on that? And while you're at it, make all marriages civil contracts, too.
yardwork
Nov 2012
#119
So it's your opinion that if it is not currently in existence/law of the land
4th law of robotics
Nov 2012
#124
How can we fix anything if we spend time fixing shit that doesn't need fixing.
Hassin Bin Sober
Nov 2012
#133
So doing what a great many other nations have already done is not impossible
4th law of robotics
Nov 2012
#125
Whether it seems "onerous enough" is beside the point, it's illegal (see: Voting Rights Act).
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2012
#20
Per the US Supreme Court it is not illegal if there is no charge to obtain the ID. n/t
PoliticAverse
Nov 2012
#51
Requiring people to bring and then show a picture ID at the polls would slow the
JDPriestly
Nov 2012
#99
Which begs the question: What is the precise and relevant amount that is not...
LanternWaste
Nov 2012
#104
Unless an ID is issued to every single citizen, those without them will not be able to vote
rbixby
Nov 2012
#7
Documents that are often required to get an ID, like a copy of your birth certificate,
Chiyo-chichi
Nov 2012
#15
make it a federal law that birth certificates for obtaining voter i.d. are free.
BlueMan Votes
Nov 2012
#46
People would still have to pay for the transportation to the DMV to get an ID issued.
JDPriestly
Nov 2012
#111
If they can't get to the dmv, they probably can't get to the polls either...
BlueMan Votes
Nov 2012
#122
Yes, because I am privileged. I have a job that doesn't require me to punch a clock.
yardwork
Nov 2012
#138
I like Canada's laws, if you don't have photo ID someone with an ID can proclaim you are who you say
NotThisTime
Nov 2012
#18
Give people notice and it might be OK, even though it is still not necessary.
IllinoisBirdWatcher
Nov 2012
#19
It is designed to suppress votes as many in the cities rightfully dont trust
libtodeath
Nov 2012
#23
I am a foodstamp and medicaid worker, all my clients HAVE to havd ID!!
Puzzledtraveller
Nov 2012
#27
Why should there be a requirement to have a photo id to vote? Since there's only
sinkingfeeling
Nov 2012
#31
Well, considering that 30 states all at once have voter ID bills (written by ALEC) either passed
Lydia Leftcoast
Nov 2012
#35
Agree with everyone who says it's a poll tax and a means to suppress the vote.
forestpath
Nov 2012
#37
And a distraction\red herring from the reality that 1% of the country's population
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#50
I currently live in Ohio, but not for long, and I cannot get a state ID...
a la izquierda
Nov 2012
#40
Not a problem is you offer free, easily accessible photo ids to everyone, IMO.
pointsoflight
Nov 2012
#43
Nothing....as long as there is time allowed to get it, and there is no charge for it....nt
AzSweet
Nov 2012
#47
If a poll worker knows you personally in KY, you don't have to show ID...
Comrade_McKenzie
Nov 2012
#52
I covered this and other voter suppression issues in my radio show last thurs. Here is text and link
stevenleser
Nov 2012
#61
Simple. Our problem isn't voter fraud - it's that less than half of eligible voters bother to VOTE!
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#91
It is certainly not a bad idea in and of itself; but neither is passing a series of laws
LanternWaste
Nov 2012
#120
Here's two reasons: It's a solution in search of a problem. The potential for abuse is too high. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#121
What's wrong with changing the rules weeks before an important presidential election?
fried eggs
Nov 2012
#135