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Checked my local voter registration:
Question 1: "Are you a US citizen?"
I mean, it's already right there. It then asks you for your state drivers license/ID for which you ALSO have to prove citizenship.
Trump is trying to legislate what states already are doing...
No, he not legislating. He can't, only congress. He does whatever the fuck he wants, but its not legislation.
He's trying to confuse voters, scare them into not coming. He's trying to bog down voting locations and officials, to discourage voters. He wants people to not show up. Its an attempt at every opportunity to disenfranchise all voters.
Don't debate these idiotson the substance of the issue, like they care about a fair election, they are arguing in bad faith.
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Fuck trump. But.. I always had a question - how does it work with voting in the US? Shouldn't you be a citizen in the US in order to be eligible to vote? Here in Europe you identify yourself, just so they see that you are eligible to vote and that you are voting in the right place. Isn't it normal to show some sort of ID at the voting place?
In the US you need to register to vote before the election (some states allow you to register the day of the election but not all). When you register you put all your information on the form, address, SSN, birthday, this info confirms you are a citizen and eligible to vote. When you go to your local polling location to vote you bring something with your name and address on it to show who you are, many people use an id but you can also bring mail that has been sent to you. By showing up to the correct location, already being on their list of expected voters and having corroborating documents you have proven your eligibility.
Most importantly when it comes to voter id laws in the US is that the types of official IDs and documents that they try to require you to have are not cheap and are not easy to get quickly, especially for minorities. There is almost no voter fraud and the purpose of these laws is to prevent people from voting.
The US doesn't have a cheap, nationally available id, so requiring one would disenfranchise a lot of poor people. Instead you need to be registered to vote and they make sure you don't vote twice at the booth.
It seems to work, there's only very, very few cases of voter fraud (and they rarely had anything to do with someone misidentifying themselves).