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Because the layup isn't on offer. It's somewhat difficult and expensive to make sure that everyone who is eligible for an ID is able to get an ID, and "difficult and expensive" are things that the GOP doesn't want to hear when it comes to federal government programs - especially federal government programs that help populations that don't reliably vote for them. Which is one reason why all the free ID bills that have been introduced for years keep failing. Setting up a system where it's possible for homeless 19 year olds or poor 80 year olds, living in a state other than where they were born, to obtain a new ID at no charge to them isn't simple.
Ell.
Oooooh.
Ell.
So even if the GOP offered to pay for all this and solve the problem of "tens of millions of Americans" languishing without ID, you'd still say no.
Amazing.
Unless you mean me, personally. I'm totally on board with that - if the government sets up a program where any person who wants a federal ID that demonstrates their citizenship can get one, free of charge, with the government taking the steps necessary (or paying to have them taken) to obtain their documentation to confirm their identity, then I am 100% on board with the prospect that said ID must be shown at the polling place.
Okay, better.
Now that I've answered your question, might you answer mine? What's your belief on the number of in-person fraudulent impersonation voter fraud vs. the number of folks without ID.
Asked and answered: I've no idea.
Voter ID to me is about more that just proving who's who. It's about making sure our elections are participated in by people who are supposed to participate in them - in other words, part of the entire process of ensuring that our elections are fair and secure.
Because if you don't have that, you literally don't have a country.
