Nope! When I vote I roll up to the polling place, wait in line, the volunteer asks my name, finds me on the list, and hands me my ballot. No ID needed, no picture on the list or anything, just “trust me bro.”
If I wanted to vote for my non-voting friends literally nothing could stop me, they’d have to review camera footage later onceif a friend found out I voted for them, and yes then I’d go to jail, but you’d have to catch me.
“Voter ID” in US debates typically just means “showing your state ID to vote,” not “getting a separate ID just for voting.” I’ve actually never heard anyone advocate for a secondary ID (I’m sure some exist, but it’s uncommon).
The issue is supposedly black people disproportionately “can’t get IDs easily.” Although that said, literally every black person I have ever met over the age of 18 has had one and they actively consider it racist for people to assume they can’t get one. And that’s not just “my black friend,” it’s a lot of people over a long time, I’m in a very mixed area.
But here’s the big kicker for me: if needing an ID to vote is racist because black people can’t get IDs, then needing an ID is racist full stop. If it’s about specifically needing an ID to use one’s “enumerated rights” specifically, and not say tobacco etc, that still means it’s racist to require ID for alcohol (21st amendment) and guns (2nd amendment).
Not that I’m “for” voter ID, I just disagree with it being “racist” like is often touted, I could much more easily see “transphobic” applying however depending on how it would handle name changes and the like.
Nope! When I vote I roll up to the polling place, wait in line, the volunteer asks my name, finds me on the list, and hands me my ballot. No ID needed, no picture on the list or anything, just “trust me bro.”
If I wanted to vote for my non-voting friends literally nothing could stop me, they’d have to review camera footage later
onceif a friend found out I voted for them, and yes then I’d go to jail, but you’d have to catch me.“Voter ID” in US debates typically just means “showing your state ID to vote,” not “getting a separate ID just for voting.” I’ve actually never heard anyone advocate for a secondary ID (I’m sure some exist, but it’s uncommon).
The issue is supposedly black people disproportionately “can’t get IDs easily.” Although that said, literally every black person I have ever met over the age of 18 has had one and they actively consider it racist for people to assume they can’t get one. And that’s not just “my black friend,” it’s a lot of people over a long time, I’m in a very mixed area.
But here’s the big kicker for me: if needing an ID to vote is racist because black people can’t get IDs, then needing an ID is racist full stop. If it’s about specifically needing an ID to use one’s “enumerated rights” specifically, and not say tobacco etc, that still means it’s racist to require ID for alcohol (21st amendment) and guns (2nd amendment).
Not that I’m “for” voter ID, I just disagree with it being “racist” like is often touted, I could much more easily see “transphobic” applying however depending on how it would handle name changes and the like.