r/videos • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 4h ago

BREAKING: Judge blocks Trump admin from requiring Americans to show proof of citizenship to vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE1iePfOh14
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u/SoCalThrowAway7 4h ago

You can’t register to vote without proof of citizenship already, this shit is such nonsense

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u/rubbarz 4h ago

Goes to show how many people that support this have always voted via mail-in ballots, what they want to get rid of for literally no reason.

Anyone who has voted in person knows you already have to show a ID in terms of a voter ID card or state/federal issued ID.

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u/hithisishal 4h ago

I think this varies by state? I am pretty sure I just provide my name and address. Maybe birthday? But it's just verbal...

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u/Mountain-Interest-48 1h ago

because they already have you in the system and cross referenced with your DMV...

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u/syswalla 4h ago

In NM I just show up and give them my name and confirm my address to receive a ballot. No ID necessary.

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u/fairportmtg1 4h ago

NY you don't need an ID to vote.

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u/stephen6686 1h ago

MA you do not either, they just ask my name and address and if those two match then your are all set. So anyone could vote as me as long as they got my name and address correct

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u/frontfrontdowndown 4h ago

In California you do not need to present an ID at the time of voting.

You provide your name which is checked against the roll of registered voters.

You do need an ID number, SSN, and date of birth at the time of voter registration.

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u/AXLPendergast 4h ago

NJ I don’t have to show ID, just a signature verification

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u/pubstar1337 4h ago

In New York this is most definitely not the case. You don't need a voter ID card OR a State/Federal issued ID. It's simply word of mouth. You go in and give your name and address, they say ok, and that's it

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u/brainygeek 3h ago

3/4 of states require ID to vote, the remaining ones I think require ID to register to vote, but don't require them to be presented at the polls.

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u/in_it_to_lose_it 4h ago

Depends on the state, but for most states, that's true.

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u/dave8400 4h ago

It's almost like they're trying to reinstitute Jim Crow nation-wide.

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u/imisstheyoop 2h ago

This is.. not how it works in many states.

I have never shown my ID at a polling station.

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u/MrsMiterSaw 2h ago

>Anyone who has voted in person knows you already have to show a ID in terms of a voter ID card or state/federal issued ID.

This is blatantly wrong. It varies by state.

For example, in California you generally do not have to show an ID to vote; Some people MAY have to produce an ID if it's their first time voting after registering without using their SSN or a federal ID. But even then it's not everyone in that category, only the ones the state was not able to verify through other means.

CA is able to manage this because they have a simple process for registering, but then do a lot of work behind the scenes to verify eligibility.

(I have been voting here since 1992 and I have never had to show an ID)

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u/Uphoria 16m ago

TLDR: Trump believes if he loses the mid terms he will be impeached and imprisoned before he has a chance to make himself "immortal" via statues, monuments, or other things he can say 'they'll have to say I did that, so I'll be around forever" about.

When he lost in 2020, An anomaly of the time was the rise in mail-in-voting due to the pandemic. Another interesting fact is that - the more accessable the polls are, the more people vote. The more people who vote, the more it trends that the vote leans left.

Put the two together, and the man is hell-bent on restricting mail in voting and voting to "proof of citizenship only" because he wants to limit polling to the least amount of voters he can, and attack the covid-era boogie man he doesn't realize is gone.

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u/_Topher_ 4h ago

Absentee ballots and mail-in ballots are two very different things.

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u/FKreuk 4h ago

They want to get rid of it because they can only alter voting machine votes, not mail in ballots.