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In reply to the discussion: A Party that loses an election and blames voters for not showing up at the polls . . . [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)Just that by forcing it in certain ways the way Republicans do, it can be used for voter suppression.
Before the "photo ID" voter id requirements that basically is a poll tax, people still were asked to do something like show a utility bill receipt or something like that to help establish that they are who they are. If you are flexible to allow for documents that pretty much anyone can get and routinely works with as a part of their everyday life, then it is in my book sufficient to establish a voter's identity without making it an obstacle for them to vote. Bottom line is that there shouldn't be any barrier for people to vote that they can't easily achieve. If we are concerned with out-of-state student ID's being used to allow in state voting, then we should be forcing the schools and other educational institutions to put on these ID's what the state of residence is for that student to allow it to be used properly. That way you don't push the costs and barriers on to the voter. But of course Republicans choose the latter, because they don't want to make it cheap and easy for even legal voters to be able to vote on a selective basis.