1. as i stated, either ask or look it up. not hard to do. 2. you dont have to do this all at once, you can take your time in doing it when you have free time. 3. while not literally almost as cheap as dirt, they are still pretty inexpensive and reasonable. the nc license is only $13, and depending on your situation, you dont even have to pay for that. also, places like the library and other people can provide the internet for free. besides, many of these things people already have. i grew up very poor, and I had all this stuff already. plenty of other poor people have them, too 4. again, you dont have to do this all at once. save up your money or find ways to get there that are less expensive. much of this can be done online anyways. 5. yet again, all this is not especially hard, and putting in some effort (emphasis on some because this is not that hard to do at all) to vote isnt exactly a big deal, especially when you have the tools to make it easier on yourself. 6. again look up how to do it (can do this for free too) or ask someone, 7. saving up isnt too damn hard to pay for inexpensive documents (which you might already have), 8. still linking this to racism and party bias with no evidence to support it. 9. you dont have to be well off to vote easily, just plan right and it shouldn't be too hard unless you fuck up or something is up with the voting in your area (ridiculously expensive to get an id which isnt too likely to occur, confusing rules, etc.). 10. these hoops arent exactly hard to jump through. if you look up what to do, plan, and actually care about voting, youll be fine.
oh look, 2 incredibly biased news sources. for both cases, there is a lack of evidence for racism and party bias provided in those links. for Alabama, it is alleged they had budget issues but they brought it back. ill edit this post if i find more about both situations.
I usually tend to argue on the conservative side purely for the sake of argumentative equality, but I guess you've got that covered. Tagging
Cresselia~~ because you seem to agree with Icing as well. Here we go.
There were 4 confirmed cases of voter fraud last election cycle. (All of them were by republicans but let's ignore that for a bit). Out of the over 130 million votes cast, the percentage of fraudulent votes out of the total votes cast is 0.0000030769230769%, rounded to about three millionths of a percent. But, since obviously voter fraud is such a HUGE, problem, states need to past strict voter ID laws in order to crack down on this issue. The problem with having people supply their own voter id lies in the fact that many low-income, rural, minority, and urban voters are unable to feasibly justify spending so much time or money in order to acquire one.
I won't go over all of these points, but before you start to whine about how "easy" it is to just save up money, you need to realize that for some people taking the time to acquire a drivers license (unless you're in the Military or already have a photo id needed to get a passport, in which case this doesn't apply), not only because of the facts already stated above (the fact that time needs to be taken in order to get to the dmv, drivers ed, etc.), but also because of the fact that many people in cities (heavily democratic areas) do not own cars, (for example, car ownership for all households is about 90%, but car ownership in NYC is only around 50%), and therefore usually cannot even take the test, because you need to supply your own car for it. So yes, you can say how "easy" it is to obtain a license with only $13 in NC, but that number is misleading because you don't take into account the hundreds or thousands of dollars needed to supply a car for the test.
Also, just as a side note that I'm pretty sure has already been stated, does the absence of a birth certificate (for those born in farms, etc.) automatically disqualify them as an American citizen or make their vote null and void? What about the homeless? Just because they're disadvantaged and unlucky enough to not be able to have a roof over their heads makes them automatically unfit to vote? Obviously, I'm not suggesting foreign citizens should be able to vote, but there definitely is a better solution.
I usually don't like using "privilege" as a dis qualifier for arguments, as it is commonly abused, but I think it's worth noting that there's about a 90% chance your mommy or daddy drove you to the DMV, supplied a car for the test, and spent the extra money to acquire all of the needed documents, which makes it pretty difficult for you to empathize with someone who has none of those things.
But, if you still insist on "defending our elections from the looming and enormous threat" of voter fraud, why not just have government issued ideas given to every citizen for free? (while also streamlining the documentation of those born in the US without a formal birth certificate or the homeless) But noooo, that's too much for the government to handle! Free handouts? What's the world coming to? Not to mention the fact that producing a card like that costs about 10 cents, making the cost of providing one to every citizen put the MASSIVE dent into the budget of a one time charge of 0.2% of the GDP. Wow!
(Sorry about the edits, posted this before I finished)
