Ami Horowitz: How white liberals really view black voters
Ami on the Street: Are voter ID laws racist and suppress the black vote? Satirist Ami Horowtiz goes to UC Berkeley and Harlem to find out
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@sjw It's so funny because everything they say is actually quite racist: the idea that black Americas don't have access to the Internet, that the majority of them are poor and therefore do not own cars (or own but not legally drive cars with a license, because they can't get access). This may have been true a long time ago, but access to state ID is no longer costly or difficult.
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While I'm very strongly for voter ID requirements at the same time I do recognize the real reason people are against them, and its simple.. IDs cost money, time and effort to get. So the poor and homeless are less likely to be able to vote. This tends to effect minority communities more strongly than others.
The solution in my mind is simple. Make IDs free and offer better services for people to go through the hoops needed to obtain them, but doing away with vote IDs all together seems like the wrong way to go.
I agree though, letting people who are not citizens vote is not the motive in the least.
If you are homeless it most absolutely is... sure more people can afford it, some can not and those who cant still have a legal right to be able to vote.
Waiting in line isnt really the big issue in terms of hardship. The issue is homeless and many poor don't have their birth certificates, it is a long drawn out process to get that fixed and can cost quite a bit.
My close friend is a citizen nad has a technical issue on her birth certificate where it has teh wrong name, would cost her over 1000$ to fix it. Not that she is typical. But there are issues beyond a 10$ fee as well for some.
@freemo @mewmew @matrix @sjw ah .. yea .. that does make sense. I didn't think about birth certificates. You do need that plus you SSN card if you've never had other ID before.