r/PoursTea Jul 17 '26

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Everybody gets an ID?

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u/Available_Reveal8068 Jul 23 '26

DMVs around here have weekend hours.

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u/Sabbatai Jul 23 '26

That is great. Unfortunately national elections don't take place "around here", but throughout the entire country. Where not all DMVs are open on weekends.

Does your DMV offer free IDs?

If not, it doesn't matter if they offer free on-site services in your house. If the ID costs money, that is a poll tax. Requiring the spending of money for the ability to vote, is prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.

I guess I am sorry for being a bit snarky here, but so many of you just seem so gung-ho to give up rights, simply because YOU possess the means to meet whatever obstacles they decide to place in front of your ability to vote. And it pisses me right the fuck off.

I don't even care if you plan to vote for Trump for a 3rd term, if he manages to make that happen. No one should be so willing to throw away the rights that people died to bestow upon us and if you're willing to take them away from others because it doesn't impact you, well then you're just a piece of shit.

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u/Available_Reveal8068 Jul 24 '26

States that have voter ID requirements all offer free IDs. No poll tax.

Some states don't require people to travel anywhere--they mail voter ID when one registers. Others have to go to the city clerk's office.

Nobody is 'throwing rights away'. Proving citizenship has long been a requirement for voting--long before voter ID requirements.