Edit: this was never supposed to come across as support for voter ID.
So I saw this article today, and was thinking about how hilarious it would be if Dems passed some sort of voter ID law just because it would make reddit libs cry. But I don't want people to be hurt over it either. Also, as much as we like to dunk on libs, "owning" them through screwing people over is never cool.
I understand that one of the main reasons people are against it is that it's essentially a poll tax as it stands now, and I agree with that. Making IDs free would invalidate that argument. The next argument I hear is that people who live far away from DMV or Secretary of State offices would have trouble getting there to get their picture taken. I am one of those people who live far away from government offices and I manage to get my ass there once every three years.. I don't see how this is such a problem. But I also recognize that attitude is similar to some sort of bootstrapping chud bullshit.
I also see arguments that boil down to "all POC are too dumb and poor to be able to go to the DMV and get the licenses" and that's obviously awful, and is basically the libs version of the subtle racism of lower expectations. You never see this said about white people. To them, all white people who live in rural areas are MAGA knuckle draggers who don't deserve the time of day. I really feel like libs only care because it's something that is popular on the right, and they want to stick it to them. They also think that voting is the most precious and sacred institution ever devised by man, so that's part of it. Point being, I'm sure every lib that goes to vote, hands over their license when asked. It's another example of libs using POC for political gain and then not caring about any of their real problems.
I think if the government wants to hand out free ID cards and all it requires is you going to an office to get your picture taken three times a decade, I don't see a problem, and I'll bet it would actually help people out with other obstacles that require ID. Like, how do libs think these people function in other areas of life? You need an ID to buy several items, sign up for social programs, drive, enroll in school, sign up for utilities, rent/buy a house...
Please tell me if this is chuddy and set me straight if that's the case.
Voter IDs are a poll tax which is unconstitutional. I don't care if you make the actual ID free. A person still needs to take time out of their day to get one. This is a tax on your time and in some cases is monetary in nature to. You need to spend gas to get there in a car or you need to spend money on a bus. Also working class poor would have to take time off of work which means a loss of money on their paycheck. All of these add up to a poll tax no matter how you slice it.
That's true for everyone though. It takes effort to do stuff. What do we do? Send someone to every house and ask them personally? That would disenfranchise mute people, agoraphobics, people who can't be in contact with others because of an immune disease....
Not have a voter ID. Its truly that simple. We cannot allow people to be disenfranchised because of something like a voter ID. Once again its a poll tax which is unconstitutional.
But how do we make sure those people that can't get to the DMV are able to get to the polling station?
You do know mail in voting is a thing right?
That disenfranchises the homeless
The postal services offer free PO Boxes for the homeless. I am getting super tired of these bad faith replies.
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Sounds more like you're mad that you can't square the circle between "there are some people that no matter what, are disenfranchised and fuck you for suggesting otherwise" and "there are plenty of avenues for disenfranchised people to work it out and just go get a free mailbox"