• caffinatedone@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    It’s a valid question if you live in a state that will only accept forms of ID which cost money to vote. I don’t know if that’s really the case anywhere, but if it were it could presumably be the subject of a lawsuit.

    With the current SC, I expect that they’d find some bogus rationale why it didn’t count, but under a law respecting court, it’d be reasonable to require such states to provide suitable IDs at no cost.

  • spongebue@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    What state are you in? Some states have a free ID for voting purposes. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still shitty that you have to go through that but see if yours is one of them

  • Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    It’s called a poll tax, and yes it’s supposed to be illegal. What godforsaken state (they all are in their own special way.) is pulling that?

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      10 hours ago

      Any state that requires ID to vote + any state that charges a fee for said ID. Granted, ID’s are used for more than that, it’s still ultimately a poll tax.

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    16 hours ago

    It’s not a regular ID to vote. It’s a regular ID.

    You need an ID to vote, but you can use it for many other things too.

    If getting an ID is a barrier for you to vote, then talk to your representatives and they might be able to help you out.

  • HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee
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    15 hours ago

    If you are unable to afford the fee for a state id then you would be considered indigent and would be able to get some kind of waver for the fee.