Because apparently people of colour are too stupid or lazy or get their own ID. That's basically what I think whenever I hear it. Same type of thing with shit like "Voting guides for muslims" and shit like that. "This is who you can vote for, we think you are too stupid or lazy to form your own opinions so we will lay it out for you who you should vote for."
The logic is that some people of color can not afford to pay the fee for drivers licenses. Or, that they simply don't have them, for whatever reason.
When people of color are judged to be uniquely burdened by something, relative to whites (Or other protected classes), this is called "disparate impact".
The reason for this impact simply does not matter, under this logic. If a disparate number of blacks chose to not vote, for their own reasons, this too would be considered a problem.
I've seen stressing over the fact one group of immigrants simply refused to engage the political process. They would not self advocate, period, and refused all help. This was considered a problem, because it uniquely affected them adversely, and therefore was a "disparate impact".
Or the tl:dr version, because Democrats demand "equality of outcome", and minories with no form of ID do not have an equal outcome to anyone else who has some form of ID.
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What has been FUN has been when Repubs have pretty much said We will Make Getting ID's Free and the Lefty Fascist PhuckHards still go "No That REEEECIST!!!"
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Too stupid? No. Too poor? Quite possibly, do you dispute that various forms of government identification often cost money? Do you think that people living in poverty can't as readily go out and get one, due to issues with money and lack of transportation?
It's also funny that the biggest "gubment bad" guy (wxyz) on the forum wants the government to regulate who can and can't vote.
They do cost money, yeah. They can be around 30-50 dollars, depending on what form you get(at least where I live). I do think it could stop people who live in poverty from purchasing it, but it is a pretty basic necessity. It's often necessary in order to be able to rent a place to live and things of that nature, everyone should have an ID.
The idea that requiring someone to show valid ID in order to vote for the leader of the country is racist is a silly thing to claim regardless.
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I think it is in part racist because the intend is to disenfranchise more black people (and poor people generally). That is, the politicians advocating for this generally do so for racist reasons, as voter fraud with or without voter id is a negligible problem, while poll taxes are a real and continuous problem in the American democratic process.
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Dec 28th, 2020 12:31 AM
My opinion too.
