Even the poorest people have a state ID or drivers license. You cannot get most jobs without some legal ID.

pseudalopex 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Nearly 21 million voting-age U.S. citizens do not have a current (non-expired) driver’s license. Just under 9%, or 20.76 million people, who are U.S. citizens aged 18 or older do not have a non-expired driver’s license. Another 12% (28.6 million) have a non-expired license, but it does not have both their current address and current name.

Additionally, just over 1% of adult U.S. citizens do not have any form of government-issued photo identification, which amounts to nearly 2.6 million people.[1]

[1] https://cdce.umd.edu/sites/cdce.umd.edu/files/pubs/Voter%20I...

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anonym29 3 hours ago | parent [-]

If 10% of drivers lacked car insurance, would your solution be to remove the legal requirement to possess a valid insurance policy to operate a motor vehicle because it discriminates against the poor?

	▲	beej71 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No. Because operating a motor vehicle is a very dangerous activity. This a very is a poor analogy that you have here.
	▲	brendoelfrendo 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The poor have a right to vote, while they don't have a right to operate a motor vehicle. We can debate over how disenfranchising it is to be unable to drive in the US (very), but the law makes a pretty clear distinction between these two activities.

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appointment 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In many states these are available without proof of citizenship. When people say proof of citizenship they usually mean a passport or REALID.

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stvltvs 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Most state-issued Real IDs don't count as proof of citizenship under the SAVE Act.

https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/will-save-act-allo...

	▲	bilbo0s 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Under the SAVE act, you kind of have to have a passport or don't vote in some states. Which is why I'm pretty sure it's not gonna pass. Both republicans and democrats depend heavily on mass votes from, let's just say, a lot of people who are, generally speaking, not the sort to have passports.

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orwin 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In the US, a driver license isn't a proof of citizenship. Also, state IDs are not accepted by federal agencies, so it probably wouldn't work as proof of citizenship on federal elections.

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lokar 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There really are not federal elections. We call them that, but they are state elections for federal office.

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mplewis9z 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Federal elections are all run by the individual states, so a state ID would be all you need.

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stetrain 4 hours ago | parent [-]

If there is a federal law requiring proof of citizenship, as is currently being argued in Congress, a state ID would not be all you need since they are not proof of citizenship.

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