I was curious after I looked into this prop. Unlike the SAVE act, which would disenfranchise a lot of people, Prop 39 would require the state to give voter ID cards to everyone who requests one which resolves a big issue.
It sounds mostly good to me now, as it could somewhat strengthen confidence in elections, and many countries have a similar requirement. The only issues I can think of are:
- This isn’t really necessary, and is basically just a random hurdle
- Somewhat expensive, for no major reason The biggest thing is
- bending the knee to trump
Is there something I’m missing?
If you need an ID to vote, all I need to do to keep you from voting is to steal your ID.
Think your wife might vote blue? “Accidentally” take her purse in your car. Think your teenager might buy in to that new “woke” fashion? Their ID gets locked up “to keep it from being lost”.
If someone is in an abusive situation where confiscating an ID is a thing, the phone, car key or anything else would also be possible to lock up. I dont really see how ID is meaningfully different.