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Off topic but, there is nobody that is unable to get an ID in the US if they want one.


...if they have sufficient time and money. Many less well off people have neither, especially in states that have purposefully limited the hours of their offices that issue ID and put such offices far from poorer neighborhoods and far from public transit routes.


Here is an exercise for you. Go find somebody that you think might not have sufficient time or money to get an ID and ask them if they have one. Then ask them if they think there were any barriers to them getting an ID.

I bet dollars to donuts you will be surprised by the answer.



Sorry, I don't trust any media when power or money are on the line. Talk to real people.

I'm curious, what solution do you propose to exclude the 23.4 million non-citizen residents, 10.3 million illegal residents and 5.2 million felons from voting? How do you verify that somebody is legally permitted to vote?


You have to show eligibility to get on the register of electors in the first place. Green card holders have the same driving licenses as citizens so if one of them were to vote illegally (eg casting a provisional ballot) you'd have no way to tell.


I don't actually know, but it seems unlikely that illegal immigrants can get an ID from the government?


Well, they could get one if they wanted but it takes a few extra steps. Namely, becoming a legal citizen.


Since they are here illegally they are not even supposed to be here so it doesn't seem like an issue.




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