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Originally Posted by RainMaker
I know there are situations where politicians are trying to skim votes off the rolls, but these involve a small number of people. It's not difficult to register and vote in this country. I'd argue there has never been an easier time for it. Stop treating the population like idiots.
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Number one, bullshit. It doesn't fucking matter if it's a "small number of people." It adds up, and suppressing any votes, whether it's .01% or 10%, weakens the democratic process for everybody.
Number two, did you read what I said? Like, even one word? ALL OVER THE COUNTRY you have one political party that is fucking INVESTED in making it HARDER to vote. You have people from that party who have said, nearly verbatim, "I don't want everybody to vote; the fewer people who vote, the better our chances to win elections." And not only are they erecting new barriers to voter registration in the states they control, but you appear to have missed the part where Georgia said "we have to let them register, but we can process the registrations whenever we damn well feel like it. Who cares if there's an election coming up?"
Sure, as long as you're white, reasonably young and not poor, you can probably vote fairly easily. If you're non-white, you're 25% less likely to have an acceptable form of ID. If you're poor or elderly, you are going to have a harder time getting the ID if you need one, either because it costs money to get copies of the proper documents and time off work to go hang out at the DMV, or because you're old enough that there may not be easy access to the requested documents.
Say, here's a fun bit detailing what was going on in Pennsylvania after their voter ID law passed:
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Required IDs were only available through 71 PennDOT Drivers Licensing Centers across the state. Five of the 71 DLCs are located in Philadelphia, nine counties have no DLCs at all, and DLCs are openly only one day per week in nine counties and two days per week thirteen counties. The Pennsylvania Department of State provided too little access, no financial support to providing IDs to those without access, and no alternatives to obtaining the required IDs. Judge McGinley found that this leaves about half of Pennsylvania without DLCs for five days a week, imposing a significant barrier to obtaining Pennsylvania's "free ID".[21] Photo IDs are not required to vote in PA.[22]
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Here's the link:
Voter ID laws in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sounds to me like, until the courts ruled against enforcement, it was never easier for Pennsylvania voters to register and vote! Damn courts erecting roadblocks by striking down the law...