Exactly. People are not allowed to vote for any number of reasons. I'm pretty sure the mentally handicapped can't vote.

BL, can you vote?

Posted by MikeT23 on 8/31/2016 2:28:00 PM (view original):
Exactly. People are not allowed to vote for any number of reasons. I'm pretty sure the mentally handicapped can't vote.

BL, can you vote?

Of course there are legal restrictions on voting. Age, criminal history, etc.

But voting tests, specifically, have been ruled unconstitutional.

Again, not surprising that a guy in South Carolina wants to put Jim Crow laws back on the books.

Notice how he ducked the question?

Question to BL: do you think it's unreasonable for voters to be required to provide ID to prove they are who they say they are when they show up to vote?

Posted by tecwrg on 8/31/2016 2:48:00 PM (view original):
Question to BL: do you think it's unreasonable for voters to be required to provide ID to prove they are who they say they are when they show up to vote?

Yes. It's an attempt to fix a problem that doesn't exist at a cost of many poor people not being able to vote.

Why does it matter if the "problem doesn't exist"?

One typically has to show ID to purchase alcohol, tobacco, board a plane, etc. Why is it unreasonable to show ID to vote?

Posted by tecwrg on 8/31/2016 2:59:00 PM (view original):
Why does it matter if the "problem doesn't exist"?

One typically has to show ID to purchase alcohol, tobacco, board a plane, etc. Why is it unreasonable to show ID to vote?

Those things aren't constitutionally guaranteed.

It matters if the problem doesn't exist because there is a downside the policy.

Imagine you live in a cul de sac. It's a cul de sac, so speeding cars aren't a problem. If your neighbor suggested you fill the cul de sac with speed bumps, you'd say no right? The cost of having to drive over speed bumps every day would not be worth it because the speeding problem doesn't exist.

You wouldn't say, "sure, speeding isn't a problem here, but let's do it just to be safe."

What do you think has more impact on your town/state/country: elections, or speed bumps on a remote cul de sac?

Which one should be safeguarded?

Posted by tecwrg on 8/31/2016 3:11:00 PM (view original):
What do you think has more impact on your town/state/country: elections, or speed bumps on a remote cul de sac?

Which one should be safeguarded?

Elections. Which is why we shouldn't put up barriers to voting for unnecessary reasons.

Would you allow someone to buy a gun without ID?

Right to bear arms, ************.

Bad_luck, u really don't think there is voter fraud in the USA?

Posted by bad_luck on 8/31/2016 3:27:00 PM (view original):

Posted by tecwrg on 8/31/2016 3:11:00 PM (view original):
What do you think has more impact on your town/state/country: elections, or speed bumps on a remote cul de sac?

Which one should be safeguarded?

Elections. Which is why we shouldn't put up barriers to voting for unnecessary reasons.

Just about every state has a program that provides a FREE ID to people who can't afford them.

I don't see how cost is prohibitive. So what's this barrier you speak of?

Posted by ncmusician_7 on 8/31/2016 3:40:00 PM (view original):
Bad_luck, u really don't think there is voter fraud in the USA?

I don't. There's no evidence that it exists.

Posted by MikeT23 on 8/31/2016 3:33:00 PM (view original):
Would you allow someone to buy a gun without ID?

Right to bear arms, ************.

Some states have voter ID laws. I'm not saying they can't be allowed, I'm saying I disagree with them.

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