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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
This is laughably false. My polling station is literally around the corner. The closest DMV to me is 15 miles away and not transit accessible.[/quote]

And, I am willing to bet that you have an ID[/quote]
I do, but there have been many times when I didn’t, because I lost it or had my purse stolen. I have spent an inordinate amount of time in both the DC and MD DMVs in the past year, having bought a car in a private sale and needing to retitle and tag it, plus my daughter got a non-driver ID and then her first driver’s license. It is an all-day and often multi-day project, not easily accessible by transit, so difficult for anyone who doesn’t have their own transportation and a flexible job. And god forbid if you’re missing one of the required documents you need to get the ID in the first place, that can take weeks, a ton of time on the phone, and many many dollars. And these are both jurisdictions that are trying to make it easy for people to do this, unlike many other states.

But since this thread isn't about me, in 2020 nearly 29 million voting-age U.S. citizens lacked a valid driver’s license and over 7 million had no other form of non-expired government-issued photo identification, according to a University of Maryland study.
https://today.umd.edu/umd-analysis-millions-of-americans-dont-have-id-required-to-vote

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