Seriously? Have you read my comments?
especially your "solutions". they make NO sense
If a person has not been voting, it does not matter.
of course it matters when a citizen is unfairly deprived of their ability to vote
If a person has been voting, use the same method that is currently being used in that state.
that same method is no longer available to this voter. something you seem unable or unwilling to comprehend
that person is without birth documents. the voter ID soon to be required, compels the availability of birth documentation to verify citizenship
those persons who were born in locales where such documentation was not provided are then without the essential birth documents to prove their native
citizenship
that absence of documentation - thru no fault of their own - prevents them from obtaining the voter ID, which then prevents their exercise of the right to vote
you keep insisting that there is an easy solution, but you are unable to offer it
instead you simply repeat the suggestion to follow current practices (which voter registration practices are being changed to compel the birth documents). in short, that is the problem. not having access to birth documents. so, your "easy" solution is to follow local practices - which will soon compel birth documentation that the voter cannot obtain. what you propose as a solution is actually the very problem i have repeatedly identified of you
my conclusion is that you see no solution but refuse to admit it. unfortunately, given this problem, voter rights will be regulated away for those without birth documents to prove they are - and have been - American citizens
You just want to keep your talking point and not look at solutions.
the solution - or a solution - is to do for these persons what was done for social security recipients soon after citizens qualified to receive social security compensation. the same dilemma was then presented; individuals not having birth certificates. the government provided federal employees to certify those without birth certificates to become eligible by providing other documentation acceptable to the government. the government aided this research and used materials such as census records to confirm those persons' eligibility, despite the absence of birth documents
this onus should again be imposed upon the government, and not those who are victims of the new voting eligibility rules, to establish (in)eligibility
You do realize that voting records are kept for each election? It is a pretty simple process to see if someone has been voting.
if that person has been voting illegally, would this process not legitimatize them as eligible voters going forward? however, those voting records together with other documentation could and should be used to confirm their citizenship/voter eligibility
