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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was already illegal for non-citizens to vote. Obviously this was meant to intimidate legitimate voters.[/quote]

By requiring and ID?  How's that intimidation?  Just get an ID.   Everyone can get one.

Seems to me you hate democracy. [/quote]

Actually, if your license is expired or suspended in one state and you lose it in another, then its almost impossible to get a new one. Just FYI. My younger brother who is a very busy kid kept procrastinating changing his license over, it expired and then his wallet got stolen. The state he is in requires an original birth certificate, which he ordered, and it took 4 months to arrive. And then he went back to get the license and they said he needed additional proof so my MOM has to fly out to where he lives to show HER ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE so they will give my brother a license. Because apparently having a valid original birth certificate is not enough, they need to see that my mom exists or something?

Did he make a stupid mistake- yes. Did he hopefully learn a listen- jesus christ, I hope so. Is it just as easy as walking in and getting one, no, not always. [/quote]

I had a similar problem when my wallet was stolen and then discovered my birth certificate had somehow been lost when we moved.  NY wouldn’t send me a copy of my birth certificate without a copy of my license and Md wouldn’t give me a new license without my birth certificate.  NY said I would have to hire a lawyer and go to court to prove I was me.  Finally I realized my mom was entitled to a copy of my birth certificate and luckily she was still alive but it did take some time.

There’s a lot of poor people who do not have copies of their birth certificates.  Some of the elderly born at home just never got them.  Others lost them in multiple moves, evictions, leaving home suddenly to get away from an abusive spouse or parent, etc.  because we are a federal system and every state does thinks differently, and people in this country change states a lot, it’s much more complicated than it is in most western democracies that have a unified national system (and often things like national health service that everyone is already enrolled it).  I think everyone would be okay with all this if it weren’t gojng to make it so hard for a lot of  people to vote.  We just don’t have good infrastructure to support it and we can’t throw that together in an instant.[/quote]

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