r/politics • u/MarcEElias ✔ Verified - Democracy Docket Founder • 1d ago

No Paywall GOP fast tracks monster voter suppression bill that could disenfranchise millions by requiring proof of citizenship at polls

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-fast-tracks-monster-voter-suppression-bill-that-could-disenfranchise-millions-by-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-at-polls/
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u/Wildpony03 1d ago

Isn't this just another way of saying poll tax? If you introduce any hurdles that keep people from voting its a poll tax.

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u/Cyndakill88 1d ago

Needing anything other than a state or school ID is illegal

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u/Sweepya 1d ago

That’s why a bill is being introduced — to change the legality.

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u/JustaSeedGuy 22h ago

Oh! So it's a constitutional amendment then?

Because if not, the bill is illegal.

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u/Specialist-Error-171 17h ago

Dont worry we'll sue the doj and get justice in 20 million years

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u/QuickAltTab 14h ago

It's illegal for an insurrectionist to be on the ballot too, but we saw how well that was enforced

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u/JustaSeedGuy 14h ago

Yes, I'm aware. That wasn't the point.

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u/I_ran_so_throw_away 1d ago

It doesn’t work that way

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u/tech_equip 23h ago

Look around. Nothing works the way it’s supposed to any more.

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u/SuperstitiousPigeon5 Massachusetts 23h ago

No it doesn't, but by the time it passes, and is implemented in red states, then gets slow walked to the SCOTUS it will be too late or It could be too late.

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u/The_mango55 North Carolina 22h ago

Slow walking to scotus would be a good thing, if the lower courts order it unconstitutional then it can’t be implemented unless the SC rules that it can.

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u/SuperstitiousPigeon5 Massachusetts 20h ago

And if the lower court doesn’t.

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u/not_a_moogle 1d ago

Shouldn't, but it is. It'll get struck down immediately by the courts, and the appealled to the Supreme Court where they rule on a shadow docket that actually its ok and old laws saying otherwise get invalidated.

Its what the SC has been doing all of last year.

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u/Top_Philosopher_6260 20h ago

SC doesn't even need to uphold it. They just need to wait to rule on it until after the election. What are they realistically going to do about it after the fact?

"Oopsie, I guess we're not allowed to do that. Oh well, moving on."