Originally Posted by Boathand
Originally Posted by WolfDog
Originally Posted by Wiley Coyote
Originally Posted by WolfDog
I’m not opposed to showing ID to vote because I already have to. I’ve never not shown my ID when I vote. But some of the language of one of the SAVE Act iterations was pretty arduous, requiring a passport ($160 min), certified birth certificate ($10-$50) and the name on the birth certificate had to match the name on the photo ID (so married women have to jump through even more hoops), replacement naturalization papers if lost is over $1000, troops abroad not meeting the requirements to vote, and more.. all for a problem that I think is over-exaggerated. Some states have done audits and found like .. ONE wrongly registered non-citizen.

I’d be more concerned with actual tampering. Biased poll workers tossing ballets, Elon tampering with the voting machines as Trump so nicely bragged about, and more.

There's 4 DAMN YEARS between national POTUS elections. Just exactly how much more time does a person need to obtain their bonafide credentials to LEGALLY vote? Not that voting makes a difference anymore anyway, but..........

Yeah but the constitution prohibits a “poll tax” and Supreme Court precedent leans against it as well. From google ..

“ In 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections that poll taxes are unconstitutional at all levels of government. The Court determined that conditioning the right to vote on a person's ability to pay a fee violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”

Now if you could go to the courthouse, post office, health dept, etc and say “Hey I need this so I can vote” and they provided a passport, up to date birth certificate, naturalization paper, etc for FREE then yeah
You can get an ID for free just for that reason.

But they want more than just a state issued drivers license.