Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions the vote?

Re:Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions ... by eindiran on Thursday November 07, 2019 @03:42PM (#21477054)

If that's the case, then folks should be focused on making it easier to get state ID and widen the class of IDs that can be used (state ID/voter ID card/passport/driver's license).

From this page though, it seems like people actually do think voter ID itself is controversial: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_ID_laws_in_the_United_St...

There was even a Supreme Court case in the US about whether it was constitutional for a state to implement one: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-election/u-s-to...

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Re:Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions ... by jbob2000 on Thursday November 07, 2019 @05:02PM (#21477792)

Ok there’s Voter ID, as in a special card that you must get in order to vote, and voter ID, which is just a collection of various forms of identification that the government respects for the purposes of voting.

I was referring to the latter - you’re allowed to show up to vote in Canada with your passport, for example.

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Re:Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions ... by jadell on Thursday November 07, 2019 @04:02PM (#21477207)

> If that's the case, then folks should be focused on making it easier to get state ID and widen the class of IDs that can be used (state ID/voter ID card/passport/driver's license).

Yes, exactly. And that should be done before we require those IDs in order to vote.

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