Let's imagine that it's equally burdensome on all parts of society to get an ID. Then we should expect vote ID laws to lower voting rate...
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Equally for all segments. So 3% less poor people, 3% less rich people, 3% less black people, 3% less white people, 3% less Latinx ppl, etc.
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But we don't see that. We see disproportionate impact on some groups. Why? It must be that it's harder, right? Still possible, but harder.
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Well, morally speaking at least, I don't think it's fair to have a situation where it's harder for poor ppl to vote than rich ppl.
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I lived in the hood, yeah. We were kinda middle class income wise but no $$ to move to the burbs. I haven't been poor as an adult.
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But that's the point. If me and my friends have to do a bunch of inventing to get an ID, and those guys over there don't...
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Duh, they're gonna votes at a higher rate than me and my friends do. And that is not healthy for democracy.
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Yeah it's not. So what law are you going to invent to make sure that rich people who don't care enough don't vote?
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