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Comment by ryzvonusef

15 days ago

The US is not a monolith, it's a collection of 50 states....

Democratic states collect taxes and implement policy independently, they CAN do this, at least in their own areas.

Start there first!

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aredox  15 days ago

https://youtu.be/rHFOwlMCdto?si=OjoxCfE1noxvw3Fz

  • ryzvonusef  15 days ago

    I have been a John Oliver viewer from the first season, and my comment will be the same as what I said 9 years ago: This is bullship.

    Start small, but START. Start from Democrats accepting what every LEFT leaning person the rest of the world accepts: Photo ID is necessary, not to reduce voter fraud or whatever, but necessary to increase TRUST in the system.

    It's a cost, just pay it. Yes you will lose 'face' to republicans, don't care.

    Start small, start with free/cheap photo ID in deep democratic cities (I know local govt providing service, what an idea!).

    Once saturation reaches 80% plus, start enforcing voter ID laws to cajole the last 20% to start applying, carrot and stick. Start offering door-step service for those unable.

    Democrats pay taxes, don't they? start using them.

    Spread to other cities in democratic states. So what if it takes 10-20 year? Times passes like nothing.

    And once you have SET the standard of cheap, reliable access to Photo ID... and when democrats in power in the federal government again, they can use that to help implement cheap photo ID elsewhere, but even if Missouri doesn't get voter ID, it doesn't excuse democratic states NOT having it.

    The fact that the DMV is only open three days a month or whatever? If it's a democrat led city, FIX it. If it's a republican city, you can come to it later.

    But NOT starting, as some sort of fake 'rights' issue? Bullship.

    Start. Start Small, Start NOW. in 25 years you won't even remember this.

    • naijaboiler  15 days ago

      So democrats should spend all this money, time and resources solving a problem they don’t have. And for what purpose? Nah I will rather my Democrat state focus on human welfare and giving people opportunities to progress in life

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    • pasc1878  15 days ago

      The UK Labour government was opposed to Photo ID it was the right wing that introduced it.

      It is an Anglo-American thing not to have PhotoID probably related to never been invaded in the last two hundred years.

      The issue is that to get back in power the Democrats need votes top overturn Republicans and so the IDs in Republican states matter those in Democrat states do not. So better top show full disapproval as they won't lose any seats over that and can keep some pressure up.

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