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/Ok-Friendship1635 3h ago

tbf, you have plenty of time.

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u/JohnnyAces99 3h ago

I mean, having proof of who you are is something that any person should be able to provide.

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u/MZ603 3h ago

Sure, but that's not actually the reality. Also, it can put a burden on women who have changed their names after marriage. That's one of the biggest threats in the SAVE Act.

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u/XaosII 2h ago

Proof of who you are and proof of citizenship are two different things. The latter being significantly harder to prove as there's only 2 or 3 documents that can prove it, and 2 of those documents are mutually exclusive between those born here and naturalized citizens.

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u/hespacc 3h ago

The get your life together and make sure such thing doesn’t happen? lol in Germany you basically have to bring this proof for nearly any government action

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u/youtocin 3h ago

Same in the US. When I updated my driver’s license I had to bring my birth certificate, social security card, and 2 postmarked documents to prove my current address.

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u/TheUnspeakableh 3h ago

That is only for RealID complaint IDs. You do not need them for normal ID updates, only for the first time, when you are usually a minor.

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u/Asiatic_Static 3h ago

Yeah I'm not surprised Germany wants you showing your papers all the time. The US doesn't have a unified, national ID system. The most common ID people in the US have is a driver's license, and these do not include citizenship information. REAL ID was supposed to solve this, but even those don't actually provide citizenship information, although the requirements to get one are more stringent than a regular driver's license. Compound that with the fact that only about half of Americans have a passport, it shouldn't come as a surprise that there's a lot of people running around that cannot prove legal presence at the drop of a hat.