The former official from Coldwater, a Republican supporter and legal resident who believed he was eligible to vote, now faces possible deportation proceedings
The problem is Republicans use Voter ID as a Trojan horse to enact naked voter suppression. There are very few people who actually oppose Voter ID if implemented properly.
The issue is complicated by the fact that elections even for president are run by the states, because of the anti-democratic views of some of the founding fathers 250 years ago. Different states wanted to prevent different types of people from voting, some states took a long time to allow non-landowners to vote.
In my state, you have to have provided ID and be a citizen to be on the voter registration list, and they check my name against the list but don’t ask for ID. So someone who wanted to stealy vote would have to know I was registered and was not planning to vote.
The problem is Republicans use Voter ID as a Trojan horse to enact naked voter suppression. There are very few people who actually oppose Voter ID if implemented properly.
The issue is complicated by the fact that elections even for president are run by the states, because of the anti-democratic views of some of the founding fathers 250 years ago. Different states wanted to prevent different types of people from voting, some states took a long time to allow non-landowners to vote.
In my state, you have to have provided ID and be a citizen to be on the voter registration list, and they check my name against the list but don’t ask for ID. So someone who wanted to stealy vote would have to know I was registered and was not planning to vote.
Me: “why didn’t the US solve * easily solvable problem?”
Answer, every time: “Republicans”