First things first, I don’t doubt it is a bad thing, considering who supports it and who doesn’t.
But my question is what exactly is the issue and what is the current and proposed voting process when it comes to IDs?
Here in my EU country, you have to show some version of a government ID, be it an ID card, drivers license or passport. And we don’t have to pre-register to vote.
That’s crazy! It’s like 7% of the population! I feel that complicates life way beyond voting rights.
Meanwhile, I have friends who received EU citizenship based in ancestry and literary contacted the relevant municipalities here and got birth records from their great grand parents. Of course, I am sure going that far back, many records were also lost.
its actually somewhat difficult to get citizenship in the us, surprisingly enough. thats why you hear sometimes people overstay thier visas alot.
There’s a postulate that a lot of the areas around the world with “oldest alive humans” are actually just places with bad/lost records. Especially if it lets you claim retirement benefits early.
https://jheor.org/post/2682-ig-nobel-prize-winning-research-longevity-claims-may-reflect-lousy-birth-and-death-recordkeeping-more-than-accurate-human-lifespans
I say this as response to show that there are a lot of places with bad records.
Japan has a large percentage of the oldest people in the world. The country has been digging into this to understand what is special about Japan. The biggest reason people in Japan live so long is because their children lie about them still being alive.
That’s insterearing and unsurprising.
Yep, a large enough chunk of the population to sway entire elections, which is why it’s an ongoing fight. And also why there’s never a push to fix it.
also benefits the parties that dont want any change besides the republicans.
Closer to 1%, but still surprising. I’m not sure how one functions without identification.
Legally, as long as you have a social security number, as in you know the number, there’s no problem. Driving can be hard but most of these people have lived and worked within 5 miles of where they were born for hundreds of years now. But besides that you don’t need your ID for much.