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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One thing the GOP didn't plan on: a significant number of their voters are older poor white people now, who don't always have a valid id. Whoops.[/quote]

Source for that?   Very, very few people do not have valid ID's.  [b]The states that require them make them relatively easy to get.
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The bolded is the rub. Many states make it VERY difficult. For example, the DMV for a county may not be in a population center and not be transit accessible. So if you live in a city, you need to get a ride from someone to the DMV to get the ID. What if you don't know anyone who has a car or can give you a ride? Should your ability to be able to vote depend on that?[/quote]

If you are able to get to the polls or register to vote, you are able to get an ID.[/quote]

Wrong. So incredibly, unbelievably, stupidly wrong.

The states that require ID to vote specifically make it harder to get an ID.

They shutter DMV offices in minority (Democratic) neighborhoods, they reduce hours in the remaining offices to make it harder for workers who don't have office jobs with PTO (again, disproportionately affecting minorities) to be able to get an ID. They cut funding for public transit so people without cars (the exact people who don't already have ID to vote) have an even harder time making it to the DMV in time.

And the whole time they push the narrative that "it's so easy to get an ID!" because they know useful idiots like yourself with your car and your cushy office job with flexible hours and PTO will amplify their message because in your privileged world it IS easy.    [/quote]

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