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I hear that argument all the time and I don't buy it. You need photo ID to get a job, have a bank account, see a doctor, get a prescription, buy smokes/alcohol/adult video games/legal weed, drive a car, and by extension have insurance, rent a place to live, get a mortgage.
The only significantly large group who don't do any of that are the Amish.
In many states you have to present multiple forms of ID to get ID. Its a catch 22 in many places that disproportionately affects lower income people. If you lose your ID in Florida, depending on your residency status and whether the Tax Collector's office is enforcing rules, you may have to present birth certificate or a Social Security Card. To get a copy of your Social Security Card, you have to have a valid photo ID. Birth certificates require a permanent residence, access to online payment (bank account), and internet access to the right websites.
A lot of lower income people don't have mortgages, drive, see medical professionals regularly, etc. Part of that is because of the barriers to easily getting a replacement ID that exist.
I worked with these individuals for years, and the amount of burden that it put people under was immense. In just my location alone I helped hundreds of people each year navigate government systems to get ID and aid. Its laughable how hard it is for the people wbo need help to access the programs that are currently in place.
I think the main problem is that IDs accepted by banks are not always valid for voting. I remember that in some state gun permit was valid for voting but student ID wasn't. It's all designed to skew the results just so slightly. Also, 5% of Americans don't have a bank account. In close elections those numbers matter.
There's a whole bunch of comments explaining how low-income people aren't able to do those things either, especially banking, and how that adds to the cycle of poverty. For anyone actually interested in an answer about what life is like for impoverished working people in the US, I would recommend reading Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich and Evicted by Matthew Desmond. The level of poverty that exists in America generally is, and should be, shocking to the average American. I really hope the Amish comment is a joke because it's so so incredibly wrong.
And I'm saying I don't buy the argument that there is any significant number of people who want to vote, really, sincerely want to vote, but gosh darn, they just can't get ID.
In a world where you need ID to do pretty much anything.
Go read that book.
None of the things you just said are, or even should be, prerequisites to vote.
No, they are pre-requisites to be an adult in America.
How old are you that you still get carded for cigarettes? What doctor do you go to that requires photo ID? You do not always need photo ID to rent a place. You are just making half that shit up.
Definitely concur that half that list is made-up. The key point they're missing is that nothing on that list is a right bestowed upon us. It shouldn't cost you money in order to vote in an election.
I have been required to show a photo ID for all of those things regularly throughout my entire life. Maybe you haven’t, and maybe some people don’t, but I have in several states.
They have asked for your photo ID when going to the doctor every time? I have never had that happen. They ask for my insurance card when I have never been to them before. I honestly do not even think I have showed photo ID then except for when I was in college and they asked for my university ID.
As for things like cigarettes or booze, they really card people who are clearly like 60 where you are?
Yes at the doctor’s office. As for cigarettes and booze, I’m in my 40s, so it not every time, but it still happens often.
I don't smoke, but I stand behind people in line getting carded ALL THE TIME.
And I stand behind people who do not get carded for buying alcohol all the time. You only have to card someone if they look under 39.5 which is a pretty subjective measure (and a weird number to settle on) according to the signs posted at registers. So it's almost like different places have different policies. Poorer areas like where I live tend to take the risk of carding less often.
I got carded trying to order a beer at a restaurant a couple of years ago.
Apparently my long grey beard wasn't enough of an indication that I might be older than 21.