Few getting free state ID cards

[andrewstx]

Then why did you bring this up as a problem?

Becuase I do not think only of myself. (Not saying you or others do, mind you).

I think every citizen of the US unless hindered by things like felonly convictions should be able to vote, without litteracy tests, poll taxes, or drivers liscenses for people who can’t drive and cannot afford automoblies. Or race based gerrymandering which does not effect voting, but does effect representation.

Personally I am caucasion, but not everyone is and they should be able to vote as well.

I think this has been sadly influenced by post civil-war effects on Texas, along with Jim Crow laws, segregation, and a host of other social problems.

 

[pete_29]

That was me being a knee-jerk liberal. I misread the original story. Carry on.

That’s alright. I confuse easily.

 

[sedonaman]

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I think every citizen of the US unless hindered by things like felonly convictions should be able to vote, without litteracy tests, poll taxes, or drivers liscenses for people who can’t drive and cannot afford automoblies. …

Nobody is talking about these things. States have for years recognized that people who don’t drive need photo IDs to cash checks and to participate in the economy in general, so they created IDs for them issued by their DMVs. They can be obtained either free or for a small processing charge. Any charge levied above what it costs the DMV would be a tax that must be passed by the legislature like any other tax. Those opposed to photo IDs don’t seem concerned about that, so they probably cost only what it takes to process them. This is a far cry from “poll taxes”. My two sons delivered pizzas, and they both told me the most expensive satellite TV packages were in poor neighborhoods, so cry me a river that they can’t afford a couple of bucks for an ID. The people are entitled to be confident that the voting process is legitimate and not rigged in any way, and right now they aren’t. It’s not unreasonable to require photo IDs to conduct business, so it is not unreasonable to require them to vote in order to restore public confidence in the process.

Or race based gerrymandering which does not effect voting, but does effect representation.

This is off topic.

Personally I am caucasion, but not everyone is and they should be able to vote as well.

Not only is this off topic, it is offensive as well. Who is saying people of color shouldn’t be allowed to vote?

I think this has been sadly influenced by post civil-war effects on Texas, along with Jim Crow laws, segregation, and a host of other social problems.

Now you are saying these were the fault of Republicans when it was the Democrats who ran the post-bellum South.

 

[manualman]

The logic of the objectors to mandatory photo ID is going to lead us to court mandates to have video screen ballots which contain the picture of each candidate in high definition 8x10 size. After all, anything less ‘disenfranchizes’ the illiterate and those who can’t be bothered to remember a name, but watch plenty of TV so they can remember faces…

 

[sedonaman]

The logic of the objectors to mandatory photo ID is going to lead us to court mandates to have video screen ballots which contain the picture of each candidate in high definition 8x10 size. After all, anything less ‘disenfranchizes’ the illiterate and those who can’t be bothered to remember a name, but watch plenty of TV so they can remember faces…

Interesting thought. I’m still wondering why they object to photo ID but don’t object to voter registration. You have to go to almost as much trouble to register as to get an ID.