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Re:All controversial trades by Senators in the 2020 Congress... by DangitBobby on Saturday June 05, 2021 @09:16PM (#27409876)
That's all well and good, but are any of the people talking about requiring voter ID also talking about reform to make it easier to obtain voter ID? If not, why not, and does it call their motivation into question?
Re:All controversial trades by Senators in the 2020 Congress... by stevenicr on Sunday June 06, 2021 @04:48PM (#27416183)
short answer yes - they are talking about the free voter Id option (which is going to cost precious state resources! haha-laughing voice) and the $5 option - there is also discussion about using the mobile app to get most of the process pre-done before you arrive at a DMV to finish.

motivation - I think it's obvious push back to a bunch of low-level tactics that were used to change the playing field for getting votes in in several places - things that were unexpected and unplanned for by many - and some of those things that could indeed be used for a lot of fraud - so they are tightening up the many of the abuse angles.

At least the playing field is basically leveled at this point - people have 2 or 4 years to get an ID - it shouldn't take that long, it shouldn't take 9 months or 3 days (events I have personally witnessed)

- I'd love some hard numbers on how many adults in GA don't have a pic ID,

And maybe it's time for an APP I was thinking about many years ago.

A DMV shame app - where people could take a pic upon arrival and share a location showing they were still at DMV X number of hours later.. and then combine that with data about income loss and tax revenue to the local and state - loss - and multiply it by the number of other suspected waiting individuals - and use it to help people find best DMV, and best times to go - but also to notify the Governors about the losses they are creating.. along with link to petitions to change / hire more - expand staff / locations.. and show alternative options is available, like county clerks, apps, digital kiosks.. I'd still love for such a thing, maybe it'd get more traction with all the hubbub about IDs these days.