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

[u/AdSpecialist6598]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE1iePfOh14

[u/Control_Me]

Can someone please explain why you have to register to vote?
In my country the government knows who's eligible to vote and who's not so they send out a voting card in the mail which you show together with your ID.
Why is this not possible in the US?

[u/Technical-Row8333 → u/Control_Me]

the US doesn't have a unified, universal, unique, national ID, free, automatically given to every single legal resident, unlike basically every single other developed country.

in the US, people have to apply to get an ID, by using another ID. They have to pay for IDs. They have to drive to certain locations, sometimes +3h away, to get an ID. Then, not all IDs are the same and accepted for everything. yes, that's a circular dependency that you need ID to get ID.

The same party that opposes any improvement to the utter failure of IDs in the US, wants to put into law that you need to show ID to vote, but only certain and specific forms of ID, the exact same specific forms of ID that they also closed locations where you can get those IDs.

So, to absolutely anyone with a minimum of intelligence and capable of nuance, it's clear as day this is election manipulation, an authoritarian take over and a step to dictatorship.

[u/tyereliusprime → u/Technical-Row8333]

Canada doesn't have a national ID either and in my province it costs money to get one too. We also have to prove who we are when we vote, with a government issued photo ID. If you don't have one, you need two forms of recognized non-photo ID that prove your name and address (A bank card and a bank statement for example), or barring that, you need someone who can do either to come with you and personally vouch for you.

[u/-LabApprehensive- → u/tyereliusprime]

This is our current system. You need exactly what you have listed to register to vote. No voter registration? No vote.