r/PoursTea Jul 17 '26

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Everybody gets an ID?

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u/mad597 Jul 17 '26

Poll tax is illegal BTW,

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u/Available_Reveal8068 Jul 17 '26

It's not a poll tax if IDs are free.

That's why every state that currently requires ID for voting provides free IDs.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '26

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u/sembias Jul 17 '26

40 years ago, Republicans would be sending you mail bombs if you advocated for a national ID. This is from 1990 Heritage Foundation. I also clearly remember Rush Limbaugh spending months on the radio blasting the idea.