(05-22-2020 12:24 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(05-21-2020 06:44 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  A voter ID could take a little time and trouble to get. It is not time or trouble enough enough to stop anybody who wants it. The same ID can and sometimes must be used for lots of other reasons. I have not heard of anybody unable to register for jobless benefits. Just yesterday I had to show ID (Driver's Lic) to get a medical test done.

My sister does not drive. So she would have to get somebody to drive her. Not a problem. The facility where she lives has people on staff to do just that. I would do that. But if nobody would do that, I am sure she could call the local Democratic Party and they would send somebody. Or the Republican party. Or they would sen a crew to the facility to get them all.

I think of the people in West Texas on remote farms or remote tiny communities. It must be tough, especially if they don't have a drivers licence to start with. Yet somehow these people get into a larger town every so often, to buy groceries, to get haircuts, to see dentists, to do a lot of things. Fifteen more minutes at the DPS doesn't seem too much for somebody who cares about their franchise.

I live in a small town. when I go to vote,, it is "Hi, Phil, Hello Juan, hows it going Joe". They all know me but I have to show ID anyway. I have it.

This.
The lack of a valid ID does much more than keep you from voting. It keeps you from opening a bank account, getting a quality job etc etc etc. If the left were really worried about discrimination and ensuring 'the American Dream' to all, they would support IDs for all... and it would only be the 'revolutionary right' who was fighting it. Odd that the right supports it, despite the fact that it could cost them voters from its fringes.... but the left doesn't, despite the fact that it would help its voters.

If as much effort and money was invested in getting people registered to vote as it was in getting everyone IDs, this wouldn't be an issue of time or expense at all.