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Originally Posted by Seaver
I live on the gulf coast. All you need is a birth certificate, SSN card, or any other proof of citizenship. Hell in most counties they'll quite litterally come to your door to sign up for both voter registration AND issuing an ID.
So... how is having a valid ID a difficult task to accomplish?
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There is already a process of registration for voting.
When a person votes, they are checked off the registration list.
If another person tries to vote under that name, the matter is investigated.
You cannot just show up and vote and get it counted.
The fact is, (and I say this as a southerner) portions of this country have had a poor record of providing the vote to all ethnicities. And this isn't ancient history, this is within the last three decades. Considering that districts are allowed to interpret election requirements, I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear of a return to something like a poll tax or quiz related to a "valid ID".
And yes, I think felons should be allowed to vote if they have satisfied their punitory expectations. There are "felons" who can't vote because of a civil rights march they were in in the wrong kind of town in 1965.