The Marlborough wrote:Galloism wrote:Pretty much.
I wouldn’t be opposed to a federal law that states explicitly that to require photo ID, the state must past an <X> part test to prove their photo IDs are free, easy to obtain, timely issued, and has sufficient assistance in transportation to get such for the poor and disabled.
What is it with American NSGers and unrealistic expectations on how the rest of the world is? I've looked up the fees for numerous forms of ID and most of them are in the $20-$40 range. That's about what it costs here in Canada for various forms of ID and even some of the poorest people I know have photo ID's because they are important for various other uses outside of voting to boot.
so, to use an example of stuff that actually happens
the most widely owned ID here is a drivers' license, so that's what they'll pick as acceptable
but black people are substantially less likely to own one, because they're less likely to own a car
so instead, they'll have other forms of ID's for other things
so the GOP will make the ID's that black people disproportionately have invalid for voting
you can still use them for other stuff, but not to vote
then, they'll close down all the DMV's in black neighborhoods
so not only do you have to go to the DMV-which is
notoriously slow, you gotta get transportation there and back (
which you don't have), you better hope you have every single relevant document (and because the DMV's online services are terrible, the list is often inaccurate). Don't have those? More time and money tracking them down.