The GOP’s sweeping new anti-voting bill cleared the U.S. House Wednesday, setting up a high-stakes battle in the Senate.
The House voted 218-213 to pass the SAVE America Act, which experts have said could disenfranchise millions by requiring voters to show documentary proof of citizenship at registration and to provide photo ID when they cast ballots.
Republicans have argued for voter ID broadly, pointing out that there isn’t much to prevent a noncitizen from casting a ballot in a federal election — besides the fact that it’s a felony, easily caught, and would lead to deportation all for the chance to cast one out of hundreds of thousands of votes.
And wtf can be used as “proof of citizenship”
Ironically, passports which most non-native-born Americans already own and keep updated constantly because they often travel in and out of the country to visit family and attend events.
It’s projected this is going to hurt red states more than blue, since most midwest white-as-fuck Americans who never left their hometown and are scared of the whole world don’t have a shred of identification past their driver’s license.
Meanwhile, most immigrant families I know have their passports and copies of their birth certificates on-hand at all times.
I really don’t think that the majority of them can afford travelling regularly. this will hit many people
Some paper you lost 30 years ago
A “real ID”, a state driver’s licence or identity card which was verified with a birth certificate, passport or citizenship certificate.
ReadID verifies identity, not citizenship
A real ID does not mean US citizen. Non-US citizens can receive a real ID. It just proves you are a lawful resident in the US.
Same for drivers license and ID card.
A birth certificate does no good on it’s own. And verifying a birth certificate is another can of worms. If it can only be the official government issued one? Then you get into the whole birth right citizen thing. You can easily be a US citizen without being born in US.
Passport would be the closest thing to a true “Citizen ID”. US Nationals can receive a US passport without being citizens.
Citizenship certificates would fix the birth certificate problem of US citizens being born outside of the states. However they cost 1k+. Maybe they can make them cheaper or hand them out?
It’s laughable how bad identification is in the US. We still use social security numbers.
I wouldn’t be against Voting IDs if everyone was issued one for free and replacements were easy and inexpensive to obtain.
I have my birth certificate, federal ID, and social security card handy. If that’s not good enough, they can go fuck themselves. How much more proof does one need?