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DanieRains

(4,619 posts) Sat Aug 1, 2020, 04:33 PM Aug 2020

George Washington Didn't Need ID To Vote And It Worked Fine Back Then

The only difference now is the fact that it is harder for poor people to get, and keep photo id for a hundred reasons.

It's all about making it harder for poor people and minorities to vote.

Voter Suppression.

Period.

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George Washington Didn't Need ID To Vote And It Worked Fine Back Then (Original Post) DanieRains Aug 2020 OP

I believe he used his wooden teeth whistler162 Aug 2020 #1

You have to provide identification to register, there is NO voter fraud Eliot Rosewater Aug 2020 #2

Didn't you need to be a property owner to vote back then? jimfields33 Aug 2020 #3

But George was a Celebrity so of course he didn't need an ID. progressive nobody Aug 2020 #4

whistler162

(11,155 posts)

1. I believe he used his wooden teeth

Reply to DanieRains (Original post)

Sat Aug 1, 2020, 04:35 PM

Aug 2020

as proof of his ID.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

2. You have to provide identification to register, there is NO voter fraud

Reply to DanieRains (Original post)

Sat Aug 1, 2020, 04:36 PM

Aug 2020

but the misdirection GOP voters fall for is amazing.

They dont care if it is a lie, what they care about is making certain NOT ONE BROWN person gets to vote, gets to receive the same benefits TENS of millions of white people get every day, etc.

jimfields33

(15,797 posts)

3. Didn't you need to be a property owner to vote back then?

Reply to DanieRains (Original post)

Sat Aug 1, 2020, 04:40 PM

Aug 2020

I’m not sure voting was particularly fair in those days.

progressive nobody

(816 posts)

4. But George was a Celebrity so of course he didn't need an ID.

Reply to DanieRains (Original post)

Sat Aug 1, 2020, 05:10 PM

Aug 2020

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