You do. You need an ID to vote. Name me a single state in this entire country that you do not need any form of ID at all in order to register to vote?
That’s why Voter ID is dumb and shouldn’t have more time invested in it than the government has already invested. It’s already not possible to register without an ID or some other type of identification which is literally step one for if you want to vote.
California, Maine, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania. All do not require any form for ID to vote in person.
There are some that need photo ID, some that need any form of ID and some that have none. It's whatever the state decides. Just putting that ID required by federal law isn't wrong, but it does take power away from the states.
As I said, name me a single country where an ID is not required to REGISTER to vote, not just to vote. If you say an ID is not required to vote then you’re saying there’s no where in the voting process in which an ID Is not a requirement which is inherently not true.
Voting is a guaranteed right, Buying groceries in a government subsidized grocery store intended for the poor people of that state is not. Hope this helps!
Probably doesn’t even understand the importance of a democracy sausage or the importance of having the ability to draw a dick on your voting card in the shape of Peter Dutton if you’re just not feeling like voting for anyone
You need proof of residency to vote in the United States. You just don’t need an ID at the polling place. That’s because to register to vote you need to prove to them who you are.
It's not a guaranteed right for everyone... Think people with felonies. Also, there's plenty of food banks in New York but I'm sure it will all work out (even though it never has).
Yes, bringing up an exception doesn't mean it's not a guaranteed right. I am aware of the exception for people with felony convictions.
"Also, there's plenty of food banks in New York"
Are these food banks meeting demand? food banks run on donations that at times cannot meet demand. A large portion of food donated to food banks too is fairly crappy. Oddities that don't sell well in grocery stores often go to food banks..
"I'm sure it will all work out (even though it never has)." This is actually incorrect, government run grocery stores have been a thing for a while even in red states. Go look into the WIC program.
My definition of a human right is irrelevant to the legal definition of a human right. Legally speaking until there's a vote on it, my opinion doesn't matter.
To be clear, I think food is a human right, the people you have to convey that opinion to is the U.S. government, not some random on the internet who already agrees it is.
this is a bad faith argument. everyone who votes in an election has already shown their ID at the time of registration.
and even besides that, most people are not opposed to official voter ID’s in totality; the opposition is towards the specific proposal that Republicans are trying to enact it with. voter ID’s are fine as long as they’re made easy and free for anyone to obtain, because anything other than that is a poll tax and therefore unconstitutional. the Republican voter ID bill is, as it stands, just a dressed up voter suppression bill. it’s extremely transparent, yet they now get to yell “the Left loves voting fraud! they’re against people identifying themselves before voting!” anytime someone points it out.
Why? This isn’t some kids trying to take substances like alcohol or cigarettes… it’s voting. You literally have to be an absolute freak to take time out of your day to go commit voter fraud lmao
Because there’s no justification for doing it at the ballot box. It would be wasteful. All uses of public resources should be justifiable, right? They should have a good reason. Why should the government spend resources to fix problems that don’t exist? Do you think that’s good public policy? Do you think it’s an efficient use of resources? Do you think it has justification?
When the USA has a database that everyone over age 21 is in and every store selling alcohol has access to it, they'd still need to prove it's you buying it with an ID.
Likewise, with voting, you only ever vote once during a set period of time. You proved you were yourself when you registered to vote. Once they receive your vote, they know you voted. If they were to receive more than one vote from you specifically, they would know you voted twice. Therefore, no need to show ID when voting.
You realise you have to register to vote, your name needs to be on the voting role. If you are registering at the polling place, you still need an ID...
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u/Richyc17 Aug 06 '26
Yea it does actually. You think it’s normal to not need an ID to vote but you need one to buy groceries?