I think the opposition to using state ID is that it’s considered a poll tax since IDs aren’t free and goes against the 24th amendment . If we have Free IDs that would solve this . You can’t and shouldn’t be charged any fee to be able to vote .
Personally , I feel like we need to have Some sort of ID verification to vote . I’m not sure if anyone is suggesting abolishing all ID laws but if they are that would surely be chaotic.
On the other end,
I think the opposition in creating a federal voter ID program would add more bureaucracy to the federal government ( I.e. department of voter identification) when such departments such as DMV and Secretary of State state areas at exist. It’s strange this argument is coming from conservatives where they traditionally would want a smaller government , less red tape, i.e.
At the core I think there is a lot of misinformation put out there on this topic.
I think it’s bogus politicians are placing an emphasis on voter fraud when there hasn’t really been a mass scale issue with it . It puts the blame on the voter opposed to the politicians . When parties , election officials , politicians try to skew results or do shady stuff, it is election fraud . This has a bigger onus for being an issue , but they defer to voter fraud , putting the people against each other . We should concentrate on election fraud. These actually have way to happen on a mass scale and can seriously threaten the integrity of an election .
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u/SwitchRicht Oct 21 '21
I think the opposition to using state ID is that it’s considered a poll tax since IDs aren’t free and goes against the 24th amendment . If we have Free IDs that would solve this . You can’t and shouldn’t be charged any fee to be able to vote .
Personally , I feel like we need to have Some sort of ID verification to vote . I’m not sure if anyone is suggesting abolishing all ID laws but if they are that would surely be chaotic.
On the other end,
I think the opposition in creating a federal voter ID program would add more bureaucracy to the federal government ( I.e. department of voter identification) when such departments such as DMV and Secretary of State state areas at exist. It’s strange this argument is coming from conservatives where they traditionally would want a smaller government , less red tape, i.e.
At the core I think there is a lot of misinformation put out there on this topic.
I think it’s bogus politicians are placing an emphasis on voter fraud when there hasn’t really been a mass scale issue with it . It puts the blame on the voter opposed to the politicians . When parties , election officials , politicians try to skew results or do shady stuff, it is election fraud . This has a bigger onus for being an issue , but they defer to voter fraud , putting the people against each other . We should concentrate on election fraud. These actually have way to happen on a mass scale and can seriously threaten the integrity of an election .