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House GOP passes sweeping anti-voting bill that could disenfranchise millions, sends measure to Senate
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And wtf can be used as "proof of citizenship"
Some paper you lost 30 years ago
I really don't think that the majority of them can afford travelling regularly. this will hit many people
A "real ID", a state driver's licence or identity card which was verified with a birth certificate, passport or citizenship certificate.
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?
ReadID verifies identity, not citizenship