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Trump vows voter ID requirements for the midterms, 'whether approved by Congress or not'
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this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2026
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He's not even talking about using driver license because anyone can get one of those. No, he's talking about proof of citizenship, which will disenfranchise wwwwaaaaayyyyy more people.
Do you know where your birth certificate is? No? Good luck.
Does your current name via marriage match what's on the certificate? No. Get fucked ma'am. We need more ~~future wage slaves~~ babies anyway.
Don't have a passport? Sorry, but you're disenfranchised!
Oh? You have everything squared away? Right this way Mr. Rich-man! You're just the person we want to vote since you'll probably vote for us.
Yes, requiring a birth certificate is even more onerous. Again, it’s not clear that this will help Republicans (assuming it ever makes into law). Of course some rich people still vote Republican, but I’m willing to bet that a higher percentage of the population that knows where their birth certificate is votes for Democrats now. Same thing for people who floss regularly, remember their parents’ birthdays, or know how to read a scatter plot.
I think the issue is you assume it will be enforced universally. It won't. It will be dependent on the makeup of the district and the color of the individual voter. It will be up to individuals at polling stations (and any ICE present) whether 'exceptions' can be made for people that are 'obviously citizens but forgot their ID'. Or whether a married woman's name mismatch is an issue or not based on her skin/hair color and way of speaking. It's going to be selectively enforced, by design
Edit - see poll tests
That would be clearly illegal. The courts have have to go along with it, in which case we have bigger problems
This seems to matter less every week.
Right, but a birth certificate is just words on a paper. Republicans will say that is an insufficient link to the person holding it.
There aren’t enough people willing to go along with what would be required to bring this to fruition. Trump doesn’t get to decide who is allowed to vote.