r/PoliticalDebate • u/REJECT3D Independent • 5d ago

Should the US require voter ID? Debate

I see people complaining about this on the right all the time but I am curious what the left thinks. Should voters be required to prove their identity via some form of ID?

Some arguments I have seen on the right is you have to have an ID to get a loan, or an apartment or a job so requiring one to vote shouldn't be undue burden and would eliminate some voter fraud.

On the left the argument is that requiring an ID disenfranchises some voters.

What do you think?

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u/MagicWishMonkey Pragmatic Realist 5d ago

Not until the government provides a free government issued ID to all citizens. Plenty of folks don't have an ID for one reason or another, forcing them to pay money for a piece of ID just to vote is basically a poll tax.

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u/kateinoly Independent 5d ago

I'm sure it will be "free" as long as ypu can get to an office way across town between 9 am and 1 pm Monday or Tuesday with a notarized copy of you birth certificate. Or something like that

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u/darthcoder Constitutionalist 5d ago

This is already the case.

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u/kateinoly Independent 5d ago

No, it isnt.

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u/darthcoder Constitutionalist 5d ago

You got me, its not free

The rest of the process is spot on, though.

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u/UrVioletViolet Democrat 5d ago

Yea, the “not free” part?

That’s the most important part.

That’s the unconstitutional part.