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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those people get government IDs. It's the same form.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They could. But why would they?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are you asking why someone would get an ID? Lol what

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ok. Where does that give any reasons people decide not to get an ID?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because many people don't have them. Why would you need one if you don't drive or drink?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's more things in life than alcohol and cars.

[–] zaph -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could just use the googles. But the fact doesn't change, not every eligible voter has a government issued ID and tying voting to getting one leaves out millions of people who could be voting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's almost like you need to be a registered identifiable entity to have a vote, I can't possibly imagine why you'd need to prove your identity for that, nope, not even one little thing.

[–] zaph -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's nice and all but not the question I was answering.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's nice and all, but if you don't understand why they're related that might explain why you thought you were answering a question.

[–] zaph -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being related doesn't make it relevant. There are countless other aspects that are related but you didn't feel the need to bring any of them up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Because they weren't relevant, you just said it yourself. Keep up.