Originally Posted By u/HumusSapien At 2025-04-15 07:27:15 PM | Source


  • Ohi@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    If I’m understanding it correctly, they would be able to use their state provided drivers license for identification. Is that not the case?

    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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      17 days ago

      I think it has to match your birth cert because they hate trans people. Disenfranchising women was a bonus for them

    • floppybutton@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      15 days ago

      Only if it’s a REALID. And even as a DoD ID and valid passport holder, I don’t have a REALID yet because I haven’t ever brought enough proof that I am who I am to the DMV when I renew my license.

      You’d think that two forms of ID that required me to provide my birth certificate (and one my SSID card) would be sufficient. I don’t live in the same state where I’m licensed (I keep an open primary state for voting until I have to switch when I retire next year), so it’s a 3-hour drive each way to my DMV, that I have to make on a workday, plus 2+ hours in line there. Add in the cost of fuel and that could be a very expensive day if I wasn’t as privileged as I am.

      I’m a white guy with a salaried position and the flexibility to give up a day’s work to get my ID renewed, if I were someone who had to decide between voting and having the money to feed my kids this week, sadly I wouldn’t be voting. And that’s their goal.