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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

So knowing little about this, why is it bad to require someone to have an ID to vote?

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Aug 17 '12, 19:49

It seems like you should need to "prove" you're a citizen to be able to vote. You shouldn't be able to just walk in and say "i'm Sean, here to vote" and have no ID.

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The entire thing is a cheap ploy of dirty politics and nothing else. - David Aug 17, 19:57 5
- Oh, I agree. I just figured everyone already had to show ID to vote. - JaxSean Aug 17, 20:07 4
  - That's the point. Who walks in and tries to vote as someone else? - David Aug 17, 20:14
  - I remember being surprised by this the first time I voted. I just expected to have to prove my identity. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 17, 20:09
  - Thread jack, if RC can't help I can ask the lawyer at work of you want. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Aug 17, 20:08 1
    - Thanks, pmb also offered. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 20:14
because inner city peoplem who don't drive may not have ID. - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:50 11
- many elderly mostly rural mostly black citizens don't have a verifiable record of birth, didn't go to school, I mean prior to WW2 white gov didn't - zeitgeist Aug 17, 19:56
- So they should still have to prove who they are when they vote. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 19:53 5
  - Counterpoint... - David Aug 17, 20:03 4
    - welcome back, 55 paragraph David! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 20:09 2
      - That's from WaPo if it's not clear. -- nm - David Aug 17, 20:14
      - Ah, the good ol' days! -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 17, 20:10
    - Does this post have Cliff Notes? -- nm - Bacon Aug 17, 20:04
- And they can't get a copy of their birth certificate for free, and some can't even pin down their birth certificate. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 19:52 3
  - Small correction, at least in PA they are waiving the fee to get your birth certificate for voter ID -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 17, 20:05
  - 100's of thousands do NOT have birth certs, especially poor blacks born in the rural south -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 20:00
  - Like Obama... is that what you're trying to say? Never pegged you for a Birther. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 17, 19:55

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So knowing little about this, why is it bad to require someone to have an ID to vote?

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