Voter ID laws: Everyone has an ID, right? Nope

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Originally Posted by phystech

I need to cash a check - can I do that without a photo ID?

I want to purchase something with a credit card - can I do that without ID?

I want want to own a racehorse - can I do that without being fingerprinted and issued a photo ID?

I want drive a car - can I do that without a photo ID?

I want to travel to Myrtle Beach - can I pass through security without a photo ID?

I want to rent a car, can I do that with out a photo ID?

I want to rent a house in Myrtle Beach, can I do that without ID?

So what? None of that matters. The above are all choices. Voting is a Constitutional right, having nothing at all to do with the ability to do any of the above.

Citizens are entitled to vote whether or not they choose to drive, travel, rent a car or house, buy a horse.

Citizens are entitled to vote even if they are poor and can't afford a car, and don't have a drivers license; even if they are 80 in a nursing home and don't travel out to shop or take the bus, or cash checks, and don't have a bank.

We need to make voting more accessible and easier for those people. Not more difficult simply because they don't fit some imaged middle- or upper-class lifestyle paradigm. There are no class discriminations in the Constitution for Voting Rights. Every citizen is equal: even the poor meth addict can vote.

Oh, yeah - and they tend to vote Democratic.

The courts have determined that several of these voting ID bills are essentially unfair poll taxes on certain, targeted segments of American citizens. That's why they are being thrown out. And besides, as repeatedly proven, "voter fraud" is a false meme that simply doesn't factually exist in any discernable volume whatsoever.