@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.

@djsumdog @sjw Even if that was the case, the solution isn't to get rid of voter ID.
They just want non-citizens to vote so they can easily get into power.

@mewmew @matrix @djsumdog @sjw

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.

@freemo @mewmew @matrix @sjw A state ID in Illinois is $10, and a drivers license $30.

I dunno .. I think if you're going to vote, asking someone to wait in line, pay $10, get an ID, and then get a voter registration card, is not an unnecessary hardship at all.

@sjw

The issues around IDs apply as much to a non-drivers state id as a drivers license.

@mewmew @matrix @djsumdog