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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you show any evidence that people are living life with no form of ID? How many do you know?[/quote]

Yes, there are many folks who are living off of social security or welfare benefits who have no ID.  There are 7 millions Americans across the country who have had their licenses suspended for unpaid traffic fines.  They walk or take public transportation.  They get their checks deposited in a bank account and withdraw what they need from a bank machine.  They buy with cash only (when they buy things themselves, many of these folks have family that help them with basics like groceries and errands).  They don't do anything that requires an ID and frankly they don't want to spend $35-60 plus have to get pretty far away to go and wait in long lines at at DMV/MVA to register for a card that they won't use.  For many other's they had a driver's license but it was suspended or expired and they didn't bother to get it renewed or replaced even when a suspension was over, because they didn't need it.

And the horrible catch-22.  You have outstanding traffic fines.  Your license gets suspended.  You can't get your license back until you pay your fines.  You can't pay your fines until you get a job.  You can't get a job without a driver's license.  How to get out of this one if you fall into this manhole?

Here's an article about many who can't get a job because of a suspended license:
[url]https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/no-drivers-license-no-job/486653/[/url]

And an article about how disproportionately suspensions affect the poor and minorities.  Systemic racism in action.  Neighborhoods where the poor and minorities live are targeted far more heavily for certain violations that frequently lead to suspended licenses.
[url]https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-drivers-licenses-suspended-for-unpaid-traffic-fines.html[/url]

This article says that 1-in-8 Floridians does not have a current license.  And you really want to prevent 12.5% of the population from voting?
[url]https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/01/21/driving-while-poor-no-more-florida-lawmakers-consider-overhaul-of-license-suspensions/[/url]

7 millions Americans with a suspended driver's license.  And discriminatory licenses suspension systemic problems that target minorities and make it harder to get back on track
[url]https://www.acslaw.org/issue_brief/briefs-landing/discriminatory-drivers-license-suspension-schemes/[/url]

And that's just the tip of the iceburg.   And yes, I live in PG County and have seen people at supermarkets who do everything by cash because they can't submit a check without an ID and they have no ID.  These people take the bus to the supermarket.[/quote]

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