A federal judge has agreed with voting rights groups and Democrats that the Constitution gives the power to regulate federal elections to states and Congress — not the president.
ONLY because the US makes ID cards some bizarre expensive thing.
Canada: bring your health card or driver license or passport. Present it when you get to the volunteer who crosses your name off the list and gives you the paper ballot so you can mark an x.
It’s only a big impairment in America because they needed to somehow make it so. It’s baffling.
I’ve actually seen some arguments that requiring ID for voting would be legal if it were easy to acquire and free. Of course, the politicians arguing for ID requirements also oppose any attempt to make ID free.
And proof of citizenship is undue burden that violates your constitutional rights.
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ONLY because the US makes ID cards some bizarre expensive thing.
Canada: bring your health card or driver license or passport. Present it when you get to the volunteer who crosses your name off the list and gives you the paper ballot so you can mark an x.
It’s only a big impairment in America because they needed to somehow make it so. It’s baffling.
Or library card, blood donor card, credit card, a bank statement, a cheque stub from the government, a tax return assessment…the list is long.
I’ve actually seen some arguments that requiring ID for voting would be legal if it were easy to acquire and free. Of course, the politicians arguing for ID requirements also oppose any attempt to make ID free.
And if they were able to pass something requiring ID, their next target would be making it difficult or impossible to get IDs in liberal areas.
I genuinely can’t tell if you are being sarcastic, but making voting difficult in US is intentional.