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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
This may be one of the worst and unintentionally racist posts I've seen on this site. So poorly informed.
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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
It's not an ID requirement at issue, its the type of ID requirement that is being demanded. Everyone agrees that some form of ID should be presented to vote. What type of ID is up for debate. Republicans want a state issued drivers license or (and I'm not kidding) gun permit to be the acceptable forms of ID. That disenfranchises a huge number of people who live in the inner cities, as a lot of those people do not have a DL nor will ever have one. You and I may think it is no big deal to have a DL, but if you don't have a car or have never even taken a drivers test, why would you have one? How about just a Voter ID Card that can be registered in local communities and used for just that purpose? Wouldn't that make more sense? Not to Republicans. They want to limit the types of IDs used so it precludes many black and brown people, and eliminate that voting block.
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There is no jurisdiction that required drivers license only to eliminate people that can't drive. Driver's license is one of many types of ID accepted. Here is Texas, known to be the most strict. How is this racist or unreasonable?
