Why is an ID mandate for voting such a problem?

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Why is an ID mandate for voting such a problem?
Not trying to be narrow minded, I have to ask. If an ID is required for virtually everything from international travel to purchasing alcohol, then what’s the big deal with VOTING FOR OUR COUNTRY’S LEADERSHIP? That one should definitely require ID, in my opinion. Why am I wrong? Unlike many folks, I won’t be afraid to ask

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Za_Lords_Guard_01
•56m ago
It's being pushed in a bad faith effort to disenfranchise as many people as possible. Something conservatives have been working on since the 1960s.

Back in I want to say 2015, Alabama passed a voter ID law. Then within a year, shut down every dmv in counties that where the majority population was a minority. It left some people having to drive over 160 miles one way in order to get an ID in order to vote. It was so bad that the conservative heavy supreme court struck down the law as being too racist.

Next, look at Texas. When they passed their voter ID law, the banned IDs that democrats are more likely to have (college IDs), while allowing IDs that conservatives are more likely to have (hunting license).

And it's played out like this every time a voter ID law has been passed.

Now, with the SAVE act they're trying to shove down our throats, anyone who doesn't have an ID that proves citizenship can't vote unless they have documents that match their ID or a passport. Only 5 states issue IDs that prove citizenship.

Passports cost $160+ and can take months to get. If your birth certificate and government issued ID doesn't show the same name, then you can't vote under the SAVE act. So my sister, whose birth certificate shows Natosha, but ID shows Natasha, wouldn't be able to vote. My mom, whose ID shows Wilson, but birth certificate shows Everett, couldn't vote. My birth certificate shows my government name, but my ID shows the nickname I have gone by my entire life, so I wouldn't be able to vote.

There's more to it than that, but I'm not going to try to summarize multiple books here. If you want to take a deep dive into the whole thing, pick up the following books.
Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights
The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States


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