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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need ID to cash a check. 
You need ID to buy alcohol. 
You need ID to buy tobacco. 
You need ID to buy a gun. 
You need ID to get into many govt buildings. 
You need ID to get onto secure federal property. 
You need ID to rent or buy an apartment or home. 
You need ID to get on a plane. 
You need ID to get a library card. 
You need ID to buy a fishing license. 
You need ID to open a bank account. 
You need ID to receive govt benefits like WIC and EBT. 
You need ID to apply for a job. 
You need ID to buy or rent a car. 
You need ID to go into any school building in the country. 
You need ID to get medical treatment. 
You need ID to apply to colleges. 
You need ID to get into a many bars/clubs. 
You need ID to get into many community centers / pools

But voting doesn’t require an ID.

If you oppose a law requiring showing an ID in order to vote, then you are for voter fraud. There is no other plausible reason. [/quote]

Voting is a right, not a privilege.  Furthermore, where is any evidence that there is even voter fraud to begin with?  This is just a new way to disenfranchise black people.  [/quote]

How many black people don't have a state issued ID? And why can't they get one if they currently don't have one?[/quote]

So, this is less of a problem than it used to be.  But if you think about it, there are black people alive today whose grandparents were enslaved, their parents were illiterate, etc.   Having access to documents verifying your identity, like birth certificates, was a real problem. It’s still an issue for some people. It’s not really that easy if you historically haven’t had access to education and other institutions white people take for granted.  Someone pointed this out to me years ago and it made sense to me. Maybe it’s not such an issue today but there are still people voting today that didn’t have access to the same banks, schools, hospitals, neighborhoods, etc. than others, under segregation. [/quote]

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