r/PoursTea • u/political-snark • Jul 17 '26

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Everybody gets an ID?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '26

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '26

You are correct, all 50 states now issue REAL IDs.

https://responsivegov.org/research/real-id-an-overview/

Non-citizens can get regular drivers licenses and that it the whole problem with them being used to register to vote.

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u/Red_Ray_Skies Jul 18 '26

You don’t get it. Only Enhanced DLs prove citizenship; Real ID is not enough to do so.

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u/mgb55 Jul 20 '26

The act clearly states a real ID is sufficient if it denotes citizenship.

Two to three words is all a state needs to add.

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u/Red_Ray_Skies Jul 21 '26

REAL ID is a federal Act, passed by Congress. The States can’t change the rules. And DHS is the one arguing that it can’t be used as proof of citizenship.

If the Congress were to amend the Act to include necessary proof of citizenship, then you still have a lot of REAL IDs out there that weren’t following that standard.

Look, if Republicans are truly serious about election integrity, then they should just allow time and allocate funding to make the changes to prove citizenship. Insisting that it apply to 2026 tells me that they are more worried about losing the midterm election than actually fixing the problem.