Early voting disruptions and violence

Anyone notice that the belligerent voters who are causing scenes and not following voting protocols at early voting locations are all Trump supporters? Being verbally and even physically abusive toward elderly volunteers just trying to do their jobs?

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ElwoodBlues · M

@olderuncle944 asks

I agree why would showing your id be a problem at any election to prove your a registered voter

It shouldn't be a problem. It only becomes a problem when states make it much more difficult for the poor and elderly to obtain ID. Make voter ID free and easy and it won't be an issue.

I've got NO PROBLEM with the theory of voter ID, as long as it's free and easy. I DO have a problem with the practice of making it differentially harder for the elderly & working poor. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/challenge-obtaining-voter-identification

"Voter ID laws have been estimated by the U.S. Government Accountability Office to reduce voter turnout by 2-3 percentage points, translating to tens of thousands of votes lost in a single state." https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-voter-suppression-in-2020/

Alabama is a case in point. A state shouldn't be allowed to do what Alabama did, passing voter ID laws and then closing ID issuing offices in predominantly poor or black counties.