Comment on Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report finds
darq@kbin.social 9 months agoIt's explained in the article. So I will say it again: "Maybe read the article?"
Not every citizen has a passport. And they usually aren't free either.
Aux@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yeah, why? How’s this even possible? Or legal?
darq@kbin.social 9 months ago
Read the article you walnut.
Aux@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I don’t give a shit about the article. Why is it possible to live in a country without a passport? That doesn’t make any fucking sense!
darq@kbin.social 9 months ago
Because you don't need a passport? It's not something everyone needs or has.
james1@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Why would you need a passport if you aren’t leaving the country?
It’s a piece of paper you buy every ten years if you want to travel across national borders, it’s not like some intrinsic part of your being.
At the point that the new voter ID legislation was introduced, about 8% of the electorate - ~3.5m people - did not have a passport or a driving licence.