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Alabama Voter ID Law -- Challenge thrown out of court

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Challenged as "Racist"

rejected arguments by civil rights groups that requiring a photo ID to vote is racially discriminatory, denies equal protection and violates the Voting Rights Act....
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The state though makes it very easy to get ID to vote

.Coogler found that "even though Black and Latino registered voters are almost twice as likely as white voters to lack an acceptable photo ID, no one is prevented from voting." He says the state has made it easy to get an ID for voting purposes...
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The Alabama law accepts seven different types of ID, including an Alabama driver/non-driver’s license, a photo ID card issued by any state or the federal government, a U.S. passport, a student or employee ID, a military ID card, or a tribal ID card.

Voters can obtain a voter ID card from the state for free—something that as of fall of 2017, only 33 voters in the entire state had requested. And voters who need a birth or marriage certificate to get an ID can get those for free, too.

In addition, even if voters show up at a voting booth without an ID, they can still vote if two election officials at the polling place positively identify them.
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I am not sure what the problem is.
 
You forgot the link BlackMatters. If you provide it I will add it to your OP.
 
Also from your link: Additionally, the state has a mobile ID unit that provides free voter ID cards for people who lack transportation to other state offices to obtain one.

Sounds more than fair to me.
 
holbritter said:
Also from your link: Additionally, the state has a mobile ID unit that provides free voter ID cards for people who lack transportation to other state offices to obtain one.

Sounds more than fair to me.
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Lol no they don't
 
The easy solution would be for Alabamastan to do away with the free voter ID card and just make getting a state ID free.

But....they ain't really concerned with making it easier, just legal.
 
BlackMatters said:
Challenged as "Racist"



The state though makes it very easy to get ID to vote





I am not sure what the problem is.
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The law as I understand it isn't even strong enough. The biggest flaw is that you can use an out of state public university ID card as voter ID. The problem is that these are very easy to imitate, and since each school has their own security measures, there is no way for state officials to verify the authenticity of those cards. I'd rather see a system where the state hands out the ID's with strong anti-fraud measures, and these are the only ID's that can be used. For most a driver's license will suffice. For everyone else, just get them a free identification card.
 
phattonez said:
The law as I understand it isn't even strong enough. The biggest flaw is that you can use an out of state public university ID card as voter ID. The problem is that these are very easy to imitate, and since each school has their own security measures, there is no way for state officials to verify the authenticity of those cards. I'd rather see a system where the state hands out the ID's with strong anti-fraud measures, and these are the only ID's that can be used. For most a driver's license will suffice. For everyone else, just get them a free identification card.
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But you can't demonstrate using anything like evidence that using an out of state public university ID has ever posed or will pose any problem at all.

Passports are the most secure form of ID - why not require all those Alabama farmers to get a passport? The answer is because a DL is good enough, but so is a photo ID from the University of GA or Tennessee or Florida or Texas. For that matter, a SS card is good enough, or a W-2, or even a paycheck stub, but if you insist on photo ID, then just about any ordinary photo ID is fine.
 
JasperL said:
But you can't demonstrate using anything like evidence that using an out of state public university ID has ever posed or will pose any problem at all.
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What I know is that those ID's are easy to imitate, so why even have the possibility for fraud? Let's just have a good system that doesn't make fraud super easy.

Passports are the most secure form of ID - why not require all those Alabama farmers to get a passport? The answer is because a DL is good enough, but so is a photo ID from the University of GA or Tennessee or Florida or Texas. For that matter, a SS card is good enough, or a W-2, or even a paycheck stub, but if you insist on photo ID, then just about any ordinary photo ID is fine.
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I can easily fake a school ID. I cannot easily fake a driver's license because of all of the anti-fraud features built into it.
 
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