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points by Arodex 12 hours ago | 0 comments
Are these REAL ID? Are they free? How long does one has to drive to find an office who can deliver those? How much paperwork is needed? How many times does one has to get back in person to that ID office?

Stop. We can all see you argue in bad faith. You are at best incurious and naive, and at worst...

[–] monkeywork 7 hours ago
Do you pay taxes? Have you ever applied for a loan/bank account/rent/mortgage/etc? Have you ever enrolled a child in school? Have you ever applied for a job? Have you ever had to fill out paperwork after the loss of a loved one? etc etc etc etc

These are all tasks that a functional adult in the world needs to do regardless of background / race / creed / etc.

It's not bad faith to say hey as a functional adult you should go get a fucking ID.

What is the % of people that honestly do not have one? Pass a law and give people 4 years to go get one.

Like why must you insist on treating people like hopeless children?

[–] 0xDEAFBEAD 11 hours ago
I think it is bad faith to implicitly assume a driver's license is required when there are easier options.

I have a state ID, a REAL ID. It was not particularly difficult to get. I'm a bit skeptical of the claim that there are major cross-national differences in difficulty here.

[–] Arodex 8 hours ago
>It was not particularly difficult to get.

Thank you for reminding us that you aren't working three jobs in the same day to make ends meet, have disposable income and free time to collect the documents and get to the office twice,and live in a district where said office isn't half a day of driving (with the current gas prices) away.

And of course, you are fine with people with less affodances than you not being able to vote. Such moral character on top of your comfortable life.

[–] monkeywork 7 hours ago
You make it sound like this would pass into law and within 48 hours everyone would need to go get an ID.

You'd pass this into law and then have it take effect 2-4 years out, and if you can't go and secure yourself an ID after 2-4 years of notice you aren't a functional adult.

[–] 0xDEAFBEAD 8 hours ago
>Thank you for reminding us that you aren't working three jobs in the same day to make ends meet, have disposable income and free time to collect the documents and get to the office twice,and live in a district where said office isn't half a day of driving (with the current gas prices) away.

Sure, I mean, going to the grocery store is also very oppressive. You need money, time, transport, etc.

>And of course, you are fine with people with less affodances than you not being able to vote. Such moral character on top of your comfortable life.

I have no issue if people want to implement measures to make it easier to get ID. But given the state of US democracy, election security currently seems important enough to me that voter ID laws seem reasonable. That's how policy works--there are tradeoffs. Want me to pearl-clutch about your moral character in allowing the country to descend into fascism through a contested election?

[–] TFNA 11 hours ago
ID cards in other developed and democratic countries typically require payment of application fees (sometimes modest fees, sometimes substantial fees) and visits to offices, too.