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Originally Posted by
Darthtang AW http:///t/391215/theres-no-voter-fraud/60#post_3468641
I would say 99.9% of americans, of legal age to vote, have a photo ID. Why would I say this?
One needs photo ID to: Drive, open a bank account, get a loan, to get insurance, purchase certain over the counter meds, buy liquor and beer, buy cigarettes, use a debit card or credit card, to get a passport, to fly on a plane even in the US, rent an apartment, write a check, to get a job, apply for social security or other so-called entitlements,get a hotel room, to get into movies with certain ratings, apply for concealed carry, buy a gun and lots of other items, apply for CDLs, apply for fishing and hunting permits, pesticide applicater permits for farmers, to get a PO box at the USPS, to adopt a pet, to get married, and likely hundred of other things I can't think of...
So who are we disenfranchising?
If, a photo ID is required for most things in our daily lives, Is it really a tax if required for voting. Since it is already required for many other things.
I would still make them be free, just to avoid the supreme court debate....but I don't see how it can be viewed as a tax anymore...
Bionic, Federal Law requires gun dealers to need to see photo ID for all gun sales.
Apparently there's a few million individuals out there that are legal age to vote that don't have Photo ID's that disagree with you. My aunt and uncle are two of them. My mother is 85 and in a nursing home. My sister has her Power Of Attorney, and handles all her affairs. She has no need whatsoever to have a Photo ID for what she does in her daily life. How many thousands of elderly people are there in her exact same situation?
If you purchase a firearm from a private individual, no ID is required. I bought my Remington 1100 shotgun from a guy about 15 years ago that was "friend of a friend". Handed him $200, and put the thing in my trunk. Made the transaction at a local bar at the time.