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In response to "For at least one black 96-year-old, it was easier to vote during the Jim Crow era than it is under the new voter ID laws. -- (link)" by mara

Yesterday I was trying to list the other situations people face which require a govt-issued photo ID.

Posted by Fuzzy (aka mrfuzzy) Aug 17 '12, 19:40

Flying on a commercial airline
Buying real estate
Paying by check at the supermarket

What else?

Responses:

Picking up a young relative from Daycare. Most are requiring a parent to phone ahead to approve and ID at pickup. -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 19:56
Buying sudafed, anything involving a car... -- nm - Ender Aug 17, 19:53
Getting a marriage license, and basically when you are stopped and questioned by a cop, if you don't have ID you can be held till your ID is - zeitgeist Aug 17, 19:47
Library cards may require a photo ID. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 19:42 2
- I have a barcode on my keychain. I avoid the library because of bedbug fear. - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:50
- well its been years, but hte last time I applied, they just asked for a utility bill in my name, lease paper, just anything to show I didn't just make - zeitgeist Aug 17, 19:48
(none of those being Constitutionally guaranteed rights) -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 19:41 7
- My point was that I was curious about how someone gets through life without a photo ID and I was trying to list the activities they would have avoided -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 17, 19:55
- Then again, voting isn't really either, technically. -- nm - Ender Aug 17, 19:45 4
  - the 15th, 19th and 26th are close enough. -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 19:47 3
    - Those establish 3 things suffrage can't be denied on, but that's still not establishing a universal right. -- nm - Ender Aug 17, 19:51 2
      - in which case the exception proves the rule - Reagen Aug 17, 19:53 1
        
        Your best argument is actually the 14th because that one can be twisted to mean fucking anything. -- nm - Ender Aug 17, 19:55
- To a larger point, if we as a people starting turning a blind eye to the disenfranchising of citizens, we stop being a democracy. -- nm - David Aug 17, 19:42

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