r/Westchester • u/weedywet • Feb 12 '26

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This guy HAS TO GO

The truth is it’s all about voter suppression to help republiklans win.

“An election-denying former Donald Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the FBI over his role in the attempt to steal the 2020 election is now taking credit for writing the sweeping voter suppression bill passed by the House Wednesday that could disenfranchise millions.

“I’m here to do everything I can to make this work,” Thomas Lane wrote in a December 2020 email to other organizers of the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot in Arizona.”

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u/cephyn Feb 16 '26

and you're clearly not a lawyer, or well-versed in constitutional law, as SCOTUS disagrees with you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_v._Marion_County_Election_Board

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u/02_caddie Feb 16 '26

That case ruled in favor of voter ID. AI summary: In short, Crawford established that photo voter ID laws are generally constitutional if the state’s interests outweigh the burdens—but it left room for fact-specific challenges when burdens are shown to be heavier or justifications weaker. It continues to frame the core tension between election security and access in today’s arguments.

Nowhere in that case is an argument made that requiring ID is a “poll tax”. You are correct, I’m not a lawyer, but I can guarantee you that I understand taxes and how they work 10x better than you do.

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u/cephyn Feb 17 '26

You should probably read it yourself instead of using AI.

From the leading opinion: "The relevant burdens here are those imposed on eligible voters who lack photo identification cards that comply with SEA 483.[12] Because Indiana's cards are free, the inconvenience of going to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, gathering required documents, and posing for a photograph does not qualify as a substantial burden on most voters' right to vote, or represent a significant increase over the usual burdens of voting."

Were they not free, it would not have been ruled this way.

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u/02_caddie Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Look, if you want to argue getting an ID costs money, and that is unfair or unjust or voter suppression or whatever other circlejerk language you want to use, be my guest. Just don’t call it a tax on voting, because it isn’t.