You need proof of identity to vote in Canada. Doesn’t feel wrong.
Of course no one needs a passport, but you do need something.
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chunes@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Soon you’ll need a passport to vote thanks to republicans.
Can’t wait for lemmy to start blaming poor people for not being able to afford to vote.
systemglitch@lemmy.world 3 days ago
LotrOrc@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You need it in the US too… you cant just rock up to a voting booth and put in your vote. You have to have your State ID, Drivers License, or Passport ready to show, and it has to be checked against the voter roll (which you register for when you get your ID) to make sure youre eligible to vote.
The thing is that a majority of people in the US dont have passports. A majority of people in the US never even leave their own state, so they dont need one.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 days ago
A passport is expensive and difficult to obtain, and most importantly, the issuing of passports is controlled at the federal (read: trump-controlled) level. Passports can be revoked pretty much arbitrarily.
Gathorall@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You need paid identification to vote in many countries. And they’re by and large not fascist shitholes, voter suppression is just another excuse by the American people. The truth is USA is how the majority wants it to be.
mirshafie@europe.pub 4 days ago
For real, I have no fucking idea what people in Britain and the US talk about when it’s all the end of democracy for demanding proper ID at the voting booth. You think you can vote without ID in Scandinavia?
Not saying voter suppression is not happening with the gerrymandering and restrictions to voting by mail, but from Sweden the ID grievance is a bit bewildering.
mangobanana@discuss.online 3 days ago
WE ALREADY HAVE TO HAVE ID TO VOTE, what do you think voter registration is? In every single state you have to, get this, register to vote. You don’t just walk into a polling station and just say give me a ballot. No they certify your citizenship BEFOREHAND. THAT’S WHY PEOPLE ARE ON THE VOTER ROLLS TO BEGIN WITH!
mirshafie@europe.pub 3 days ago
Sounds maddening and inefficient. I still don’t see a problem with requiring proper ID when casting the ballot.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The requirements for what constitutes an acceptable ID keep tightening. And if you have to pay for an ID in order to vote, that’s a poll tax. Which I’m sure you don’t have a problem with either, since your country doesn’t have a history of using them to oppress minorities.
mirshafie@europe.pub 3 days ago
LMAO I have no idea what you’re on about. Sami and Tornedalings would laugh in your face if you presented this argument.
Maybe there are legitimate grievances for what should count as proper ID and how you can acquire them, I don’t know, I’m not that much in tune with this part of American politics. But I find it very hard to believe that the requirement of biometric/photo ID is the real problem. If it is genuinely so difficult to acquire a proper ID, then you should probably work on that issue instead of the idea of requiring them for voting.
LotrOrc@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You need it in the US too… you cant just rock up to a voting booth and put in your vote. You have to have your State ID, Drivers License, or Passport ready to show, and it has to be checked against the voter roll (which you register for when you get your ID) to make sure youre eligible to vote.
The thing is that a majority of people in the US dont have passports. A majority of people in the US never even leave their own state, so they dont need one.