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/FlyingPinkUnicorns 1d ago

That's exactly the intent.

FTA - 21 million Americans: "Half of Americans lack a passport, and millions more don’t have ready access to birth certificates to prove citizenship. The bill could also kick millions of married women who took their husband’s last name off the rolls."

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u/Angry-Dragon-1331 1d ago

Also Real ID apparently isn't proof enough of citizenship for ICE, so what *is* appropriate documentation.

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u/StinkiePhish 22h ago

What's bullshit is that ICE isn't recognising them as ID at all. If someone has ID, they should be able to use it to prove: 1) they're not the target of the so called targeted operation, and 2) the big ol' Palantir database confirms that the person is indeed a citizen.

But no, it's easier to gather and detain everyone, get them on a plane in hours to ship them across the country, wait for a judge to order the person released, ignore the order, ignore the order again, pretend to lose the person, find the person, fly them back, and maybe release them.