Philadelphia write-in candidate: I won with one vote

Re:Philadelphia write-in candidate: I won with one vote by TheAdamAndChe on Saturday December 02, 2017 @06:26PM (#15834909)

That research is incomplete. Look at the bottom of page 3:

"A portion of the population without a drivers license – whether valid or not – will have a photo ID, but without an analysis by race and location, it is not possible to estimate that population. "

The question here isn't whether or not they have valid drivers license, it's whether or not they have a valid photo ID good enough to vote with.

Thank you for providing that link, though. It's less biased than the others so far.

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Re:Philadelphia write-in candidate: I won with one vote by macintux on Saturday December 02, 2017 @06:33PM (#15834956)

It’d be one thing if the politicians pushing voter ID were also pushing hard on making it easy, but when you look at Alabama cutting off access to IDs st the same time they’re requiring them, it’s hard not to draw obvious conclusions about intent.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/alabama-drivers-licen...

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Re:Philadelphia write-in candidate: I won with one vote by TheAdamAndChe on Saturday December 02, 2017 @06:56PM (#15835079)

I agree completely. IMO, voter ID laws should only be legal if photo IDs are free. If a state simultaneously restricts access to IDs while requiring them, then that's voter suppression.

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Re:Philadelphia write-in candidate: I won with one vote by macintux on Saturday December 02, 2017 @07:19PM (#15835181)

I’d argue free isn’t enough. Free and accessible is necessary, but given how hard it is to obtain a birth certificate e.g. there’s more to the problem.

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