I went to grade school in the south.We were taught The Founders,The Confederacy and Christopher Columbus were Gods.They didn't teach us that Columbus rewarded his workers by giving them Indigenous women to rape when he thought they did good work or that Thomas Jefferson regularly raped his slaves.
Southern history revisionists have been trying to sell the story of "Lee didn't really like slavery you see" and "the rebels were fighting for state rights" in an effort to whitewash, protect, and make palatable the atrocious history of the confederacy. Don't ever buy into their bullshit.
This opinion completely dismisses the weaponization of "requirements" by the ruling class (we'll just call it GOP), not to mention there is no "requirement" to remove. The amount of voting fraud is miniscule, infinitely insignificant to the total vote count and the mechanisms to spot it make anyone who dared an easy target for heavy punishment. Quite simply, voting is an imposition for everyone and no one goes out of their way to vote if not allowed. I advise you look at how polling places have been targeted for removal, overcrowding, odd hours, understaffing etc... before you want to throw an additional wrench on how poors now have to take a bus for hours to go get an ID in a city outside their county.
I don't disagree with you at all. The election process in the US is a remnant of history, incoherent with modern America. The process should be nationally standardized, based on 1 person 1 vote. Across the country voters should be able to vote between 6 am and 8 pm on the day of the election, with gag order on media release until all votes are in. All voters should present a valid ID to verify their identity and those unable to go to a voting location should be able to vote by mail or, better yet, online. In this day and age the inability of voting securely online is a deliberate effort to make it hard for people to vote. If we can pay our taxes online, we should be able to vote online.
at face value, a voter ID make sense...."why wouldn't you want to identify those who participate in something so important?". However, looking at the numbers (fraud vs disenfranchisement by instituting it), it's a solution in search of a problem. The constitution guarantees every citizen the right to vote, regardless of whether they can afford to get an ID or not.
There's no disenfranchisement requiring an ID to vote, especially if cost is removed from the issue. There are enough built it scams used by both parties to screw with each other and in the process disenfranchise voters, but it's nonsense to simply be able to walk to a voting booth and vote without proof of ID. I would even make it mandatory to vote or pay a fine, like it is in Australia.
Every where I have ever votged in my life which covers 3 states (NY, NJ, D.C., Virginia - not in that order) I always had to show ID... I dont understand this issue. Are their places where you can walk in and vote just by saying your name? Honest question...
How is it nonesense if there's a verification process for your eligibility that will get your vote tossed and your ass sent to prison if ineligible? Tell you what, pass an amendment making a paid voting holiday w/broad hours, polling locations, and fed funded issued IDs by virtue of not lifting a finger (maybe through SS office) and then we can talk about mandating voter IDs. Be aware it has to cover the homeless, the elder w/o driving privileges, and the reservations folks. Most places will take a number of gov issued IDs (stateID, driv lic, etc...) as opposed to a "voter ID". https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_identification_laws_by_state
You have no right to an opinion on USA history, if you cannot get a REAL I.D. It is really quite simple. Get your birth certificate that shows you are a USA citizen, or have been nationalized. You are complaining about the "costs" of obtaining said documents. How much money did you spend on booze and cigarettes this week? That is such a lame cop-out. If you cannot get a real ID, you are not a citizen of the USA.
California doesn't require an ID. You can show up at a voting booth, glance at the names in a list and tell them that's you, and vote. I think one should have to show a proof of identity, be it a military ID, a driver's license, a passport... Whatever official gov form of ID