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sugarpimpdorsey ◴[] No.45904367[source]
Can we use this for voter ID?
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SV_BubbleTime ◴[] No.45904543[source]
You have to show ID to vote in my country, I thought that was the normal thing.
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baggy_trough ◴[] No.45904621[source]
In the United States, leftists fight as hard as they can for an insecure and unverified voting process.
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blackqueeriroh ◴[] No.45905528[source]
In the United States, getting an ID is expensive and time-consuming and is often inaccessible to many people, particularly those who don’t speak English, are poor, or work service jobs. These people are the same people who are historically marginalized and oppressed. This is why voter ID laws in the United States are fundamentally anti-democratic and disenfranchising.

If IDs were free and incredibly easy to get, I wouldn’t care about a voter ID law.

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1. atonse ◴[] No.45905782{4}[source]
I hear this a lot, can you give me any examples of how these IDs are inaccessible? Can you please give concrete examples of what is asked for that feels onerous, or any specific cases where people aren't able to get IDs?

For example, I know that Maryland DMV will even offer a translator to help you with your driving test. I'm not sure why, because all signs are in English.

I have seen exactly the opposite, that at least in Maryland and bigger states, they go out of their way to make things convenient.