Meanwhile, Regarding Need for Voter ID

The idea it is a burden to show a government ID to register or vote is ludicrous given the range of other basic personal life activities requiring it. The proof its needed ...

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nudistsueaz · 61-69, F

ID is required to drive, buy liquor, to get a passport, to buy tobacco products if you look under age, rent an apartment or buy a home. Also to open a bank account, or rent a safety deposit box. No reason not to have a valid ID to vote.

BrandNewMan · M

@nudistsueaz THIS! How can anyone truly go for very many years without it and exist as an adult?

nudistsueaz · 61-69, F

@BrandNewMan Exactly

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@nudistsueaz You had to provide ID AND proof of residence to register to vote. Once registered, why the additional hassle at the ballot box -- and the implied necessity of going to the polling site TO vote, which is the true barrier trying to be erected; particularly when it is accompanied with reduction of polling sites and repealing voting by mail ? We have enough of a problem getting eligible voters to engage and vote. Why put up additional barriers, other than to restrict voting to the more fortunate?

nudistsueaz · 61-69, F

@dancingtongue It's not a hassle. It is there to prove you are who you say you are. It's there to insure no one else is using your identity to vote. It's called confirmation, that's all. We use mail in ballots, easy.