Suppressing the Vote | Disenfranchisement
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- Vote every time you're able. Assuming you're able. Many people have been disenfranchised for various reasons - why, and how can they regain their civil rights?
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Technically I can be asked for my ID when buying alcohol and such - but in practice, I haven't been in years. That's what I was getting at.
Knowing Better Is it because of the expression of Knowing Better that prevents you from getting carded?
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Okay, I'll take my leave.
Knowing Better one day ago, but you posted this like 15 minutes ago
If you appear over 40 they don't have to check.
It's 40 and not something like 25 so that you don't end up selling 20 yr olds and 19 yr olds booze.
@Knowing Better Every other civilized society has voter IDs even 3rd world nations such as India. School IDs aren't eligible as you don't have to be a citizen to attend either college. Some states the voter IDs are free yet people still complain in those states.
thats what i understood.
A quote from MLK comes to mind.
“It is a cruel jest to tell a bootless man to pull himself up by his bootstraps.”
or to give medicine to Africans that says "take with food".
@@duckvenom Just Africans? Not African Americans? Because just Africans are poor of course.
@Gazzara5 technically severly mentally disabled people are just saying
@Gazzara5 I think they were using it as boot = voting
@@tsdt4ever Not all "African Americans" are actually African. The black culture in this country is mostly lazy, either way. Which is why actual Africans are disgusted.
RIP "Souls to the Polls" :(
AlternateHistoryHub didn’t expect you to be here
Ha it’s the guy who does the shameless advertising
What if souls to the polls never ended?... If any someone out there answered important questions like that....
Abrahan Cruz me too
Yo didnt expect to see you here
In Canada, there are three options for voter ID:
1. Something with name, address and photo.
2. Two items with name, one of which with address.
3. Someone who knows you and lives in the same district and fits 1 or 2, can swear an oath.
Registration is also done by a box on your tax return.
Alberta (!) experimented with a "vote anywhere in the province" plan for advance polls. Voting stations were set up in IKEA and airports! I'm waiting to see if they do it again.
Edit: it was very popular, for people who would be planning on traveling on election day or just found it convenient.
Iowa has #3 but it's amazing how no voters know about it. I have seen two old people walk into the polling place together and one of them couldn't vote because of the ID laws and the poll workers didn't even hand her a list of the suitable IDs.
It just shows that even when there's a reasonable rule in place it might be concealed to the point of never happening. These requirements should be made easily accessible, someone shouldn't have to go find the rules before they vote, if voters were always made aware of all the options then they could plan around it.
And sure the rules can be found if someone looks but it's not something that most people think about. Even if someone tried to do #3 I doubt the poll workers around where I am would know how to do it; they could barely figure out how to accept my passport as ID and that required them making a phone call to my county's commissioner of elections.
Should also be noted the old lady turned away from voting was told to go get a non driver ID and come back. In Iowa you can get a provisional ballot if you don't have the required documents and provide ID on a different day for the ballot to be counted; they're supposed to offer these to people without ID but they didn't so that person had to get a temporary paper ID the same day if she was going to vote.
Incest in Alabama was a crime?!
Oh boy, that one didn’t last long.
Bruh Moment it never was
ehehhehehe (HECU grunt laughter)
it's a gangsta's paradise there baby. i'm not from Bama so I know you're not my sister/cousin
@ Yeah but he's already likely your daddy before that
Alabama doesn't have comparatively high incest rates with the rest of the country. Want to see high incest rates? Check out Sub-Saharan Africa or SE Asia.
Side note on felons: prisoners being counted in the census where they are imprisoned rather than where they were arrested (and where they will likely return when released) creates Congressional districts which have relatively fewer eligible voters, thereby giving those voters more power. To my mind, this violates the spirit, if not the letter, of "one person, one vote".
If we worry so much about the spirit of "one person, one vote" then the US Constitution is invalid because of the Electoral College
I love how incest is a crime in Alabama
...or a marriage proposal.
I'm pretty sure it's just for show, we all know what happens down there!
Lmao
well it is Alabama
I thought it was criminal in the whole western world?
Even if people do not commit the crime, a law against it may be needed.
The solution is to simply implement a nation-wide ID. If you are gonna start requesting everyone to have one, make it something everyone has in the first place.
It's unconstitutional.
@@Zorro9129 how
Social Security number is the closest thing we have to a Nation-wide ID, which is a shame, because it's very insecure and fairly easy to guess. It would send people into an uproar though if we actually had "national IDs" because they'd whine about their freedoms being taken away.
@@aidancollins1591 it works and is easy, so the smart and rich can't rule as easily
@@sebastiangeorge7714 Can't rule as easily? Brother, a Nation-wide ID to make running the government and its services easier will not make it easier for the rich to rule you. The rich already rule you, a federal ID will not swing it one way or the other.
It actually doesn't make sense denying felons the right to vote.
Imagine trying to legalize weed with all the potheads in prison.
Who else is going to protest for better prison systems, and fairer treatment? People who have never even been to jail?
Also, no taxation without representation is a pretty strong case here.
True
If you broke the social contract,
a consequence must be suffered.
Do you want people with the mindset of murder and rape to have a say of who goes into office?
There are other ways to voice your opinions anyways.
J Lupus I think it should be with what crime they committed
@@jlupus8804 If you commit a crime, and you see stuff wrong with society, why shouldn't you be allowed to change it. Criminals often see the word differently than we do, therefore we should still let them have a say in society
@@lokosalvadoreno2500 I wanna agree, but even then the specifics might not suffice. What do you have in mind?
If you let the people who were elected decide on who is not allowed to vote next time, THEN IT'S NOT DEMOCRACY!
I loved that last part : "they used computers for this, of course. No one's gonna go through those documents by hand"
_see florida 2004_
See Maricopa County, Arizona, 2021.
As an European, this problem is ridiculous, on both sides. You know what would fix this? NATIONAL ID CARDS. You know, like EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAS (except the UK)
We do have a really bad national ID card, it's called the SSN card but it was never meant to be used as such...
@@AdamSmith-gs2dv No, you really don't. National ID cards are mandatory. This isn't a problem in my country. You go to vote, you hand the ID card to the guy at the table, you get your ballot (or ballots, in local elections), you go behind the curtains, make your choice, put them on the box, and get your ID back. Simple, and nearly fraud proof.
you're a peeing
i'm so funny
I was about to say that lol
and I'm American
I just don't understand why the talking point is "ID voting laws are inherently bad" rather than "states should make getting valid photo ID cheaper, easier, faster, and more available to their residents if they're going to insist on ID laws."
You're correct, but in most cases Republicans aren't doing that either.
That IS the talking point. :) Or at least, it's the talking point that's actually made in the video, as well as all comments (right or left leaning). The only difference is that the right-leaning comments are more, "ID voting laws are necessary, and disenfranchisement doesn't happen or doesn't matter," and left-leaning comments are, "ID voting laws are a good idea, but not if they're being used as a pretext for disenfranchisement."
That's because the reason is to make voting harder for X group that on average vote against them so their party can stand a better chance in elections.
Sprax big facts. It’s all about intent
Valid photo ID should be free if states don't want these kinds of responses. It also doesn't help there's always these hidden concessions which are really just euphemism for "We're making it extremely hard for this demographic to vote that they have to be the most punctual/fastidious among them to even be able to notice what's going on." The whole bipartisan issue regarding this is weird because both sides would support Voter ID law. Only 1 group views it as disenfranchisement.
Even if you only cared about white people, if you look at the statistics it said like 8% of white people don't have valid photo ID and can vote. That's around the same % of white people in America that's in poverty; the difference is there isn't a law that actively targets this demographic with "surgical precision"
A lot of people have their names wrongly recorded in public documents. I worked for the US Census bureau and met an elderly woman who insisted her name was 'Runner' and not 'Renner' as it had been listed in a previous census (this was over 38 years ago). I noticed this year that my name was recorded incorrectly on the voter roles in Minnesota even though the information was transferred electronically when I moved within Minnesota. Mistakes happen and a person may not know about the discrepancy until it is too late.
The gun comparison is spot on!
Are you referring to the concealed carry? Why isn't this acceptable? You need a valid ID to get a concealed carry along with a background check in order to get one. Also you'll notice that each one for work that he mentioned points out that you'd need two forms of ID. Read that document again -- valid school ID AND a United States official document. This, 'you dont need ID for stuff' is completely farce. Get a speeding ticket without your ID, lemme know how that works out for you. Let's list a few more things that need ID:
Opening a Bank account
Pulling money from said bank account if you go to the counter
applying for food stamps/medicaid
Applying for unemployment
Rent/Buy a house -- damn right you gotta have an ID and if your state doesn't require it, lemme know how that is working out for you
Rent/Buy a car --
Get on a plain
Married? Yep -- valid ID
Wanna get a dog or cat? -- Lemme see your ID please
Hotel room? ID along with a credit card
Casino? ID --
Even frickin Nail polish at CVS requires ID
But no, its terribly inconvenient to have any kind of ID for voting. Get outa here. I'm pretty sure someone else can come up with another list.
@@romanfoster3820 I think you're missing the point about the real problem being the specific types of id that are valid for voting.
@@romanfoster3820 He was talking about the fact that between that time period in Texas there were 2 convictions for voting crimes so the state responded with a law that affected hundreds thousands.
If the same thing happened with guns, say 2 crimes were committed with an ar-15, and the state confiscated hundreds of thousands of guns it would be a scandal, a massive overreaction. It's a valid comparison as both are rights enshrined in the constitution.
@@romanfoster3820 No he wasn't talking about that lol
No not really. You need to look at the gravity of a action not just how many times a action has taken place. Two cases of voter Fraud will have almost no consequences while two cases of crimes with a ar15 could leave hundreds of people dead. I mean it’s like saying why are we all so worried about nuclear weapons there has only ever been two cases of them being used
Voter ID is only a problem because the US doesn't have mandatory ID's for general purpose. Over here, everyone over 14 is required to own some form of government ID (ID card, driver's license, or passport) and you're required to be able to show it whenever authorities request it (but you don't have to carry it on you, so having in the glovebox of your car when driving, or having it somewhere in your home whilst you're at home is also fine).
As a result, anyone eligible to vote will already have an ID (and for the purpose of voting, the ID may even be up to 5 years expired), so having voter ID's isn't a problem over here.
Meanwhile, we have automatic registration of all voters, and you'll automatically receive your voter card with which you can vote, but that only works in combination with voter ID to make sure nobody can pretend to be you if they manage to steal your voter card.
The use of the voter card also means you are able to choose from several polling stations to vote at, meaning you can go to whichever place is easiest, whether that's close to home, close to work, or somewhere along the way; without voter cards, that wouldn't be possible without opening up the possibility of people voting at several polling places.
There are a number of things that require photo ID in the USA from small things to big things, from buying cigarettes and alcohol to picking up a delivery at a store or UPS or Fedex, to getting into Federal and State Government Buildings.
You're kinda missing the point, we don't have a national ID precisely because it hinders the voting process. Anytime it comes up, the racists spread a bunch of conspiratorial farenheit 451 paranoia to shoot it down. They Don't Want people to vote whom they can't control with calculated pandering.
The ONLY way it would be constitutional is if it was available, free of charge, to anyone who wanted one, and easily available.
So far? Not any part of that.
@BBB H Sorry no, in Philadelphia, PA a very democratic and liberal city and you must provide photo ID when entering City Hall and at the City Court House which is called the Criminal Justice Center (I haven't been the the Federal Court House for some years). I have had many occasions to go to both City Call and the CJC and must provide ID. Further, photo ID is required to enter all City government office buildings whether City owned or portions leased. Philadelphia is looking to offer a City Residence ID for improved access to such sites with a lower level of proof than state and federal requirements.
As for the purchase, I did not forget the receipt. What was the first I presented to them? The receipt. They still asked for photo ID. In Pennsylvania photo ID is required to purchase cigarettes (all tobacco products) and alcohol -believe it or not, I get "carded" when I purchase alcohol at 52! Photo ID is required for legal employment
I realized your intent in the video which is to say that plans are afoot to restrict voting access. That is supposition based upon your assumptions and do not need to re-watch the video. In Pennsylvania's plan some years ago, included in the bill was a provision for individuals who don't drive to be provided with a state ID for voting at no cost. Minorities and the elderly are quite able to obtain IDs, Ironically back in the mid 1990s, plans were afoot by the Clinton administration to have a national ID. I know plenty of elderly and they all have ID. Photo ID is required for so many things it really would not limit anyone from voting and one should be willing to protect one's vote.
@@jR-nc1uz Where does the Constitution say a national ID can be issued?
Happy to point out that Nevada has recently changed its laws and felons who have completed their sentences, have their voting rights restored automatically.
Yep. Just another measure to make sure no one but Clark County has power here ever again
@@jacksonfitzsimmons4253 That’s just what happens when it has the vast majority of the state population, genius.
@@BeyondFables Thankfully most of the rural counties have sheriffs who refuse to enforce some of the laws passed by Las Vegas. Die mad about it
why the fuck do they lose them in the first place though???
Not to mention disenfranchising homeless as well
like they want to do in California? basically detain them in camps?
5:40 so you're saying that FACTS DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS!!?
ok, now this is epic
Libtard DESTROYED with FACTS and LOGIC
you'd be surprised to see how much of what the right applies of what they preach. "Medicaid is a monopoly created by lobbyist and crony capitalists ! We must stand against it for freedom" Aaah the irony....
@Painter MikeJugement without knowing. Typical.
how it is false equivalence ? Privates insurence, big pharmaceutical groups and hospitals have been lobbying for decades to prevent the apparition and expension of public healthcare. There is a well known big pharma iron triangle. And they have the gall to tell us that those who propose this system are corrupt bureaucrats only interested in money or vote and hope to gain them by instauring a monopoly
Ok this is epic
For ever, ever!
*I'm sorry, Ms. Jackson. ooh!*
*I am for reeealll!*
Also, I'm from Georgia. I am so lucky that my best friend convinced me to vote the year I turned 18. I could have been one of those purged voters.
JLoTheCholo why the hell would u not have voted??
I was 18 and stupid. I thought my vote wouldn't have made a difference. Now, I understand how important every vote is.
I've always said: if voter ID is that important and there are insignificantly few people who lack voter ID, create a free voter ID option. The response of course is that that would cost too much, but if the state can't afford to finance it, how they expect the poorest in society to pay for it out of pocket without it presenting a significant hurdle?
Well, this video is going to continue being relevant every couple of years.
Even if this video is simply wrong for several reasons, this topic is indeed very relevant every couple of years. Never more so than right now.
@@numbr17 What did KB get incorrect?
@@XandWacky It’s misleading to propose that nobody should need to present any form of ID ever to go vote, just because the overall proven cases of misusing our elections is low. Firstly, it doesn’t account for all the cases where people got away with it, but going beyond that, that would be the equivalent of a location having a full on gun ban, seeing their gun crime numbers plummet to basically zero, and then saying “Well, looks like we don’t need this law anymore, the gun crime is so low that honestly this law isn’t helping anyone anymore.” Which I use since KB brought up guns in an analogy, realistically gun laws only take guns away from law abiding citizens but still.
@WafleEnterprises it’s important to note that just about every new measure of increasing voter ID restrictions presents false data on the crazy amount of fraud happening in America to get support, but all figures from before those laws go into effect show very low/ignorable rates of voter fraud.
what I’m saying is that the integrity of elections was secure BEFORE proposed legislature goes into effect.
@@WafleEnterprises That logic doesn’t really work in this situation though. There was never a meaningful decrease in voter fraud
Can you make a video on alternative "medicine" like homeopathy? Or magical cures being peddled.
Nah it's been done to death by others
Yes, very epically
@@HaranYakir and those who've done it often met death
Maybe new blowjob technology. That could cause a great jump in American creativity spectrum.
R U serious?
Ah Americans and their overly complicated voter system. Here it's plain and simple: National ID card and Voter card. The State sends you the Voter card, and your National ID card takes time to make, but barely no money. Only some paper work. No discrimination in that regard.
From my experience as an American that lives in California, I stated my Name, and they gave me my ballot. ID card is just in case (I was already registered. Used my ID and SSN). Also there's a big difference between Primaries and General Elections. I mean speaking overall, its different situation is every state... But its universally free of charge (some exceptions may apply*)
The French Departments do not have a history of being sovereign states. When Massachusetts' colonial legislature and local governments were abolished by King George in 1774, the legislature went into session outside the capital, Boston, as a revolutionary government that usurped all authority formerly belonging to the crown [Cela semble familier, n'est-ce pas Citoyen de la République française?]
The Republic of Massachusetts' legislature and local government elections continued. Our republic is older than yours, why should we cede our ancient rights and privileges. The US is federal, not unitary. And thank goodness for that as otherwise the Orange Fascist Tyrant would have one less barrier in his way.
A bas la Tyrannie Orange, à bas Trump! Vive la résistance, Vive La revolucion!
Voter ID laws are hated by the democratic party in the US. This is because they like to let illegal immigrants vote under the names of dead people
@@Joe-Mamasixtyninefourtwenty Whereas voter purges are beloved of the GOP because they can purge poor and disadvantaged people who might vote for reform, i.e. Democrats. Look at the NC corruption of the vote by the GOP that was so blatant they had to call a new election. You should be ashamed of yourself and your party!
@@Joe-Mamasixtyninefourtwenty Then you'd be willing to compromise and create funding for a program to get everyone a federal ID for voting free of charge, right?
4:11 That eliminated like half the voting population in Alabama
True, sooo true
And who do you think coincidentally those people would vote for?
That is so strange country. If anyone would even try to suppress voters here his/her political career would be over in a split second.
define here?
I would assume UK
@@derback94 Finland. And btw. voter id's are free of charge here. And you don't have registrate for voting, instead the government sends you a notification well ahead reminding you of the election and that you can vote and where.
he probably lives somewhere around Norway judging by his name, so yeah that's pretty accurate
@@StateholderofLuntHe's definitely Finnish.
This is an excellent video. I've always been on the fence about Voter ID, and while your video didn't completely push me away from it, you do give me things to think about. I always appreciate a different viewpoint, because I can't improve without challenges.
What do we want?
Automatic voter registration.
When do we want it?
Now.
Once you register to vote, you can be called for jury-duty. I know one person who intentionally doesn’t register for that very reason.
Either way, I don’t believe in automatic registration. If you can’t take the 1 minute to register to vote, then you probably don’t care that much about politics and probably shouldn’t vote. It’s gonna get to a point where they will show up at your door with a ballot. Then they say “vote or die!”
@@metallifreak100 I kinda feel like a lack of interest in politics isn't a good reason to remove their democratic right to vote.
@@metallifreak100 Hear, Hear!
Explain how voter ID disenfranchises any certain race??
@@Dougie1969 10:04 onwards presents his argument
I know a friend who did Marijuana and lost the right to vote because of it. (we are not in a state that has legalized marijuana ) Its something that I sort of understood beforehand but now just find absurd, he spent 3 months in this youth place and now even though he is over 18 he can't even vote anymore.
I think the entire idea of revoking voting rights based on criminal offenses is pretty antiquated and unjust in itself. I mean, the point of voting in the first place is to change and improve the laws of the land should they be unjust. Keeping people from voting out an unjust law _because_ they at one point broke that very law is a legislational ouroboros of stupidity.
emlmm88 Especially if the broke a law as a child.
he can't even buy a gun or have any other rights.
F, don't do drugs
You're full of it, a minor's record doesn't effect their adult life - if he committed a crime which restricted his rights it was felony possession/distribution.
@@TykeMison_ You're lying, and you're being really belligerent about it to end the conversation. Felony convictions DO carry over into adulthood...if you're tried as an adult (imagine that). And...do you know the burden of proof on classifying possession as intent to distribute? It's really fucking easy.
Man, I just found your channel by accident a couple of days ago, and I’m absolutely loving it. I’ve been through probably a dozen or so videos so far. You do good work. Keep it up.
He is the best at working in ads. Seriously that ish is seamless. Bravo.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Well, adultery was definitely removed...
Geesh, video came out 3 yrs ago. Does this guy ever get tired of being right.
You're doing a public service with these videos. Thank you.
Really interesting parralel with the ar15. I never thought about it
nathaniel morris no it’s not, you need an ID to buy a gun. It’s not like buying alc, you need proof despite looks
@@johnroache6012 you entirely missed the point of the analogy. Condradulations.
Go watch it again.
Most people are terrible at analogies, that's why this one flew over their head.
@OriginalTharios A simpler and more symbolic analogy. If A and B are both rights. And if five people abusing right A cause the loss of that right for 600,000 people but more than five people abuse right B on a regular interval yet there are no preventative measures then there seems to be an issue with either the respect for right B or the disregard for right A.
@@rikachiu most people are actually really good at analogies when they're actually listening. That's why comparing things to other things is one of the best ways to explain something. Biological minds are association machines afterall.
The key though is that listening part, which is more than simply hearing, and can be stopped by assuming wrongly to know what someone is saying or not being willing to actually receive the message (or just simple distraction by, for example, thinking about what to say in response while the other person is still talking)
Rehearing/seeing the analogy can usually clear up most honest mistakes.
My issue with Felony Disenfranchisement was the income tax (state and federal)/sales tax issue. When a person serves their sentence, and is paroled, the next step is obtaining employment. Once this person starts working, they'll be paying various taxes. Is it fair to collect taxes from a person whilst denying them the right to vote?!?! I seem to remember a war for independence being fought over that very issue...
Once the time is paid, their voting rights should be returned!
Im a Floridian, and i hate the voter disenfranchisement system in Florida
Are you the mythical "Florida man" ?
*2000 election intensifies*
Russell Rodriguez remember to vote to let ex cons to vote.
@@joryjones6808 Im not eligable for voting due to my age
@@joryjones6808 But one of my family members had his citizenship revoked
This seems to be one of those cases where a nationial ID-Card everyone has to get seems like practical idea. Works here in germany
Just remembered when I was first allowed to vote in a local election, when I stil lived with my parents. I basically lived in a small enough village they didn't even care about any ID, because somehow everyone knew everyone anyways.
Virtually all men must register with Selective Service, even those who believe they'll be exempt from serving. In the event of a draft, men called for induction would be able to make a claim for deferments, postponements, or exemption from serving.
Now just make women register & call it voter registration
That'd be far too representative :/
You really should change your antiquated voting system
You? You mean the government
@@sertusdionyol The people ARE the government. Does the phrase "a government of the people, by the people, for the people" ring a bell?
Cetifiably Snuggly the people are a part of the government, but their role is usually an indirect one.
@@sertusdionyol
You as in "We the people". D'uh. ALL of you as a society. Stand up for the weak and vulnerable until everybody has the same rights or maybe next time they decide to target another minority YOU are that minority and nobody will stand up for YOU.
@@Grumpini
Isn't that from the Gettysburg Adress? (Which makes it a nice soundbit but inofficial and not binding like e.g. an article in the consitution or an amendment thereto) It surely is not part of any current party political platform so much is safe to say!
Oklahoma did it too. I can't vote bc I got purged, when I was registered to vote before. Yeah, they're scrambling to keep the state as red as possible.
You have my sincere respect for your excellent, educational and often enlightened videos. Thank you sir!
It would interesting a video about Guam, The Marianas, American Samoa and Puerto Rico.
@@chrisschafer9137 that's because technically they're not part of the US, at least under the federal government. Which is why they don't vote for Congressman or President or pay federal taxes. Territories do vote for their own governments similar to state governments.
A wise man once said: "Don't boo. Vote!"
Well, if you vote you can then boo if your candidate loses!
BOOO! Boo Ben, boo!
It is a Federal Offense to suppress voting & interfere with mail delivery. Lock them up!
No matter who you choose this Tuesday, Vote!
Omar Luatia but vote red, tho.
@@daveythehand4964 yes, communist party
voomroom 😂
daveythehand Lenin would want you to vote red! Communism will win!!!
yummydirt love it! LoL
America - 'home of democracy'
Also America - Makes voting so annoying and convoluted that no one can be bothered
Nah I just hate the candidates
So annoying and convoluted? wtf? Before every election I get a notice telling me where I can vote and what time the polls are open. Done.
Speaking as a Canadian, we voters are required to show photo id on election day, in order to receive our ballot for markup. Not a big deal. Any photo id (health card, driver's license) will do. If you don't have one of those (unlikely), the government will issue you a photo id free of charge from any of their many offices across the country. If you are saying that it is actually difficult to get an id in the US, then I can sympathize. If it's not that difficult, then those voters without should stop whining and go out and get it. If they can't make time to do it, maybe they never wanted that much to vote in the first place.
A national citizen id card system, like in many European countries, would be perfect here. You have your ssn, drivers license, carry permit, passport, etc tied to it. Since everyone is required to have one, the government is required to ensure everyone has one (by age 15)
Ironically the same people who usually push for voter ID requirements also squash any attempts to have such universal provision. They call it surveillance and government overreach etc, even though all the same information is carried in their wallet just under 10 different cards. They're even saying it about the recent options to add those ID documents to your phones in some states ("digital ID"), because it's "centralising states' data"... as if their wallet doesn't do that already. Some are also calling digital ID a trojan horse for a federal ID system to override states' rights blah blah. It goes very deep.
I get ID-ed every time I go for cigarettes.... I'm 6'5" tall and pull up in a semi and they still ID....
Sure, but you don't _need_ to buy cigarettes - that's a personal choice that puts yourself in a position to get carded.
Maybe you're one child standing on another child's shoulders in a long coat. Better safe than sorry!
Recently I got asked if I was old enough to buy liquor-filled chocolates. You'd puke from the chocolate before you'd get drunk off of these... also im 25
I mean, you might have baby face dude. How’s your facial hair game?
@@KingBobXVI okay but the point was he still needs to show identification in order to buy cigarettes and the man in the video said that IDs aren't commonly used in normal day to day life
The solution: start issuing IDs that can be used for almost everything and give them for free when people are born
Ah ha! You said that the place you live in doesn’t have good public transportation. That means you can’t live in New York, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Florida! That just leaves 45 states, DC and the territories. We’re close guys!!!
Okay. Everyone saying I live in this part of the state, bad transportation. Okay he’s my reasoning. He said my state has bad transportation not his city and those states ranked highest on public transportation. I apologize.
I think he is from Maryland.
There are places in those states that have bad public transportation as well
Blondie Wise I live in Tampa, Florida and our public transportation is awful. Your argument isn’t valid
Bahadır Öztürk I was actually thinking Colorado , Oklahoma or Delaware
Pool Soup I apologize. The places I’ve visited (mostly towards the top nearing Georgia {state}) had amazing busses
I have to use my ID to buy guns and ammo, and this is a right specifically spelled out in the constitution, while there is no explicit right to vote in the constitution. How does that reconcile with your argument?
The 15th and 19th amendments spell it out pretty clearly, but I imagine you just haven't gotten to them since they're after the 2nd.
And sure, you use your ID to buy guns and ammo, neither of which are necessities everyone needs.
@@KingBobXVI But having them is a right, just like voting. If I don't need to own a gun, then you don't need to vote.
Hey 'Knowing Better', love your videos! I'm a young guy who lives in North Dakota, and it was really cool to listen to you actually mention my state! It's even cooler that you mentioned the whole 'Voter ID' and 'street address' issue that came up in this recent election. I'd just like to mention some things about it, as a person who is mixed race(i.e. my mother is Native American and my father is White, mostly German).
The voter 'street address' idea was supported by a lot of people in North Dakota. It was blamed that it's because of a bunch of "old Republicans who just won't die", but the truth of the matter is that lots of North Dakotans have a problem with Native Americans, and it's not due to racism. Reservation land, and even land outside of them, seem to be plagued with the all too common stereotype of Indian drunks and casinos. Unfortunately, some think it's still a stereotype, it isn't. Now, while those are problems that can technically be ignored, and have been for quite a while, the real big kicker is that drugs(and I mean hard ones) are rampant in North Dakota reservations. They have been for a long, LONG time, but due to our increased population, we now have an even larger drug problem then we did before, and it's spreading out to our cities. It's a reason why voters were so open to the idea of disenfranchising Native American voters. It also doesn't help the Native Americans that a lot of them have been very outspoken against Trump, and anti-Republican in general, a majority of Native Americans were against the oil pipeline and delayed it's creation and abused out police force for no reason other than money, which put them in pretty hot water with the entire state of ND, and the ballot had recreational Marijuana this year, which I assume a lot of older white people didn't necessarily want(though it didn't pass specifically because of voter turn out, not because of old white people). There are hundreds, probably even thousands, of Native Americans who just don't make enough money and are forced to live on reservation land and are very decent people, which is why nobody was excluded from voting. You were able to use the street address of a relative or the post office gave your reservation a temporary street address which you could use as well. Was it a bit more difficult for Native Americans to vote? Yeah, sure it was, but not by much, and not by any degree that necessarily matters.
And Native American voter turn out was at a record high, the highest it's been in 10 years. That's a very good thing! The law didn't prevent any Native Americans from voting, and instead amassed a much larger turn out then ever expected. There's already talks about writing up a proposal for the next ballot, which includes a 'Voter ID' amendment that allows for any street address OR reservation area code to be used. This will still allow Native American citizens to vote, but prevent some illegal immigrants from voting(which hasn't been a huge problem in my state to my knowledge, I'm sure they're only here to work, but it'll make some dumb people happy, I guess?).
Anyway, loved your video, really interesting! And really, regardless of what anyone says, the real message here is to vote, vote, vote! Seriously, we had so many people in my state that wanted recreational marijuana to pass, but barely any young people showed up to vote, then they blamed it all on old white people. The only reason the country isn't changing is because young people aren't caring enough. If we want the world to change, we have to go do it ourselves!
Okay I used to support voter ID laws, you changed my mind.
Welcome to reality, not to sound condescending
If you really think voter ID laws should be a thing, first start by requiring the government to figure out how to get everyone the IDs they're supposed to have. If showing the little paper is so important, ensure everyone gets their own. The reason DMV (especially in "motor-voter" states) and other government office lines are so long is because it makes it more difficult for poor people and minorities to actually take the time out to go get the ID they need to vote, and all the bills about reducing early voting, mail-in voting, and ballot boxes, is to increase the length of voting lines, which also greatly reduces the ability of poor people and minorities to vote because taking the time out to vote has a decent chance of them *losing their job.*
Another corollary to the government being legally required to provide everyone their ID is to make every November voting day a National Holiday.
saying that minority people are challenged in obtaining an ID card is one of the most racist things I've ever heard
Jesus can we just get a national ID already
No, apparently that's racist according to democrats
@@abren5974 Actually, it's been Republicans who have been against a National ID for the longest time, something about it being anti-freedom or whatever
In my country (Poland) getting an ID is mandatory procedure after turning 18. It does not cost anything, it takes you 5 minutes to fill in papers and 2 minutes to come back and take it once ready (usually around 2 weeks). You have to show your ID when going to a voting place (usually nearby school or post office). It is also needed while driving, taking a credit etc. It is very simple and very useful way to confirm someone is not pretending to be someone else. Entire voting ID problem seems to me a very weird, you should have any sort of ID document anyway. What's the matter?
As outlined in the video, it's not that simple in the US to obtain one (many can't afford the time off work to spend literally all day at the DMV) and many states are very selective about which IDs count.
All (almost all?) EU nations have a nationwide government-issued ID, so everyone has one, and such policies don't cause problems. In countries without such a universal access to ID, voter ID laws become a large financial and time hurdle to cross. In occasional American conversations about issuing a national ID card, it's usually defeated as "tyranny" and "government overreach" and so forth. A UK national ID proposal was also defeated by 2010 on similar "freedom" grounds.
Recently in the UK there was such a law passed. It allowed bus passes to count as ID if you're over 60 (tend to vote conservative) but not a young disabled bus pass (usually does not vote conservative) which is pretty blatant targeting. It's even more egregious than the school ID/gun licence discrepancy mentioned in the video, since it's the same issuing body in the case of the bus passes!
Also the government which passed the voter ID law was the same party which cancelled the national voter ID scheme 13 years ago...
*It's Alabama come on, is the best state insult since I watched a video on why polygamy is illegal*
Out of curiosity, would you be able to PM or reply with the video in question? I've always wondered why polygamy was illegal in the US.
@@maxtree2003 it's specifically because of the founding fathers, who were all Christian (Protestant, Baptist, Quaker, etc..) however, the state of Utah, which is predominantly Mormon, a religion that promotes polygamy, legalized it their state. Even though polygamy does not effect the security of American citizens, the federal government, and states, decided to keep it illegal for self image, personal beliefs, or just personal disgust.
I just assumed the answer would've been Mississippi. That sounded like something our glorious leaders here would've done.
I could go for some poly, if anyone's interested..
Why do you have to register to vote? Why doesn't the government just put you on a list when you turn 18??? What is your country?
People love to claim to be a "centrist", but I think you're the closest thing to a reasonable centrist there is. You have such good points and I can imagine people from both sides could agree and see what you mean!
Social democrats are about the closest you'll get to the global center imo
He’s not a centrist. Just based as fuck
3:40 so technically most of Alabama can’t legally vote.
The idea that Voter ID oppresses the poor is ridiculous. You need an ID for any number of lifetime activities. So long as there’s a provision for providing them for free for poor people, it’s not an unreasonable mandate. When “poor people” can afford cell phones and drive cars, don’t tell me it’s an undue burden to get a state ID.
Your videos are excellent! I've been watching for a few years now, keep up the great work!
Still not convinced it’s all that difficult to get an ID
Requiring ID is not voter suppression.... being poor isnt inherently a form of voter suppression either, since applying for welfare, housing, medical coverage and many other things require ID as well.
It is when governors use voting data to see what kind of ID minorities usually don't have and make those types of ID's not usable as Voter ID's
@@EBZero2010 Jesus Christ nobody's doing that. Just stop being stupid.
Alright, you've convinced me. I'm still in favor of voter identification, I'll admit to some skepticism on the numbers both you, and the ones those afraid of voter fraud present as to frequency, is imagine that while the numbers given by them are high, the numbers in official record are still lower than the reality, so I'd tend to think somewhere in the middle. I do however admit that requiring only a limited and highly specific list of forms of identification is unfair, anything official should do, especially at the state or federal level. There's a law on my state's ballot this Tuesday, I'm try to look more into the specific text to double check what I'm actually voting on, but I think I'm voting for rather than against now. Informative video as always, I may not agree with everything you say, but it almost always makes me think, and for that you have my thanks.
Best comment IMO
Fortunately facts don't care about whether or not you are skeptical of them! They just are facts. They are still true.
So you 'imagine' that official numbers are off? Please provide some support for your imagination. Otherwise it means nothing, and you are admitting to believing something with no evidence. FOX news gave that 900 dead people voting number; whereas in reality there were only a handful of unaccounted for ballots. Are you suggesting that the official numbers are off by a factor of 100? Because if that's what you're saying; you're going to need evidence my friend!
Given that 25% of African Americans don't have a valid voter ID; you'd think you could swallow your pride and admit that these laws are disproportionately affecting them. But nah; you just still basically choose to believe whatever you want to without any actual evidence to back up your point of view. I encourage you to please use evidence next time you form an opinion.
@@JohnDoe-vz7ff "... I'll admit to some scepticism on the numbers both you, and the *ones those afraid of voter fraud* present..."
"... I'd tend to think somewhere in the *middle*."
"I do however admit that requiring only a limited and highly specific list of forms of identification *is unfair*, *anything official* should do, especially at the state or federal level."
What are you on about? You completely misrepresented his comment. He believes, with some reason, that the numbers aren't completely accurate. He specifically said he is sceptical of both viewpoints. He never stated anything close to "official numbers are off by a factor of 100." His opinion, that official records are underestimated, is not substantiated, but it is not unreasonable either.
If I told you I have 1 pound, and another guy told you I have 900, you could think that both me and the other guy are incorrect, that I have some small money scattered around my house. You also specifically mention the FOX News number. How do you know this is the specific case he's mentioning? What if he's talking about a wider spectrum?
You mainly misrepresent his stance on the whole issue. I don't know if this was secretly edited, but I don't understand how you could read "...highly specific list of forms of identification is unfair..." and then say: "Given that 25% of African Americans don't have a valid voter ID; you'd think you could swallow your pride and admit that these laws are disproportionately affecting them. But nah;..." or how " Informative video as always, I may not agree with everything you say, but it almost always makes me think, and for that you have my thanks." means he "just still basically choose(s) to believe whatever you(he) want(s) to without any actual evidence to back up your(his) point of view."
Direct evidence is lacking, but there is a logical argument being made. While not directly made, he argues that without voter ID, there is a chance that people would commit voter fraud. Without voter ID, it could be possible that voter fraud wouldn't be as easy to discover. Adding to that myself, the statistics available could be skewed because it is difficult to find fraud voters if one isn't directly looking. It *appears* perfectly reasonable to believe that there would be a few more fraudulent voters than the numbers confirmed.
I predict 300K subscribers by Christmas. Great content!
It is not cheating.... or racist or voter suppression to expect our citizens to have a voter ID to legitimize their vote. A democracy cannot function if anyone can vote in an election fraudulently. Going to the DMV is a nuisance not impossible for anyone. I do not drive and still figured it out. Every other European country has a voter ID.
Voters are qualified electors. If qualify means diminish capacity, what did you give up? Voting is a privilege. Food for thought.
5:12 as of 2019 January, Florida is no longer on that list ^^
@BBB H Holy Shit That's totally not balancing out good and bad
@BBB H I think they had in their mind sort of Balancing out good and bad legislation for felons but the bad clearly outweighed the good
Thanks! Another well researched and informative video. You changed my mind about this subject.
North Dakota is a very weird case here because it doesn’t have a voter registry. Seriously. A valid ID is the ONLY thing you need to vote, so it’s easy to disenfranchise those the state government doesn’t want to vote
I love that I agree with you almost exactly half the time. Please continue!
I discovered this channel a few days ago and I'm super addicted, I can't stop watching it. I learned a lot. You're a great teacher and, besides that, you seem to be a good guy with progressive ideas. Thank you from Portugal.
Im pretty sure most countries just give you for free a ID card when you turn 18... you start the process a few weeks before your 18th birthday so when you turn 18 you get the card... when you vote they just check you are in the correct area and give you the ballot... why the US makes this so difficult
Can confirm. Tried to vote, got turned away.
This channel is awesome. Also awesome: background music that has more than two chords.
I don’t know why America just doesn’t implement a citizen ID
No, you need ID's to vote... just because so far people have been honest without having an ID doesn't mean it can't be abused.
But just because they can be dishonest doesn’t mean they are, why would voter fraud suddenly increase in number of laws were repealed that do not actually help fight voter fraud?
If*
@@hotpapistalin468 well voter fraud could increase because of the current political scene. No one seems to be happy and this time it also involves the future of illegal immigrants.
Now, I'm just saying it makes sense to have IDs if you trust your government but if you fear abuse, if you think the government might turn on its people then thats a valid argument but in that case you should also not want gun control.
K9 well to be frank what you think might happen isn’t really what matters. Unless you can prove that voter fraud is on the rise and that voter id laws actually combat this then current voter is laws still have no valid reason for existing. Also you spoke of the political climate, the 2016 election was similarly fraud with tension, yet the only cases of voter fraud were of people trying to prove voter fraud existed
@@hotpapistalin468 Its not about proving anything, it makes logical sense that having an ID in order to vote makes it more secure. Thats just logic.
You need to ask yourself why then not follow logic? Is it because you don't trust your government? Well then I'd say you have bigger problems to worry then voter ID and should start going after treating the sickness and not the symptoms.
The way things are going in the world I would have to agree with you if that is your reasoning... just looking at the whole Epstein scandal should remind people that we are being lead to argue with each other while shady organizations get away with murder.
9:00-9;33 10:50-13:23 and 13:50-14:41 "Use it or Lose It," Ok now that law is Bullshit!
I never knew about that. Which was why I didn't think voter ID laws where a big deal. But now I see, its NOT about ID it's about WHICH ID IS SEEN AS VALID. And alot of those States picked forms of ID whites where more likely to have rather than blacks. You've given me alot to think about. Thank you!
The other thing about voter ID laws is that poll taxes are banned by the 24th amendment and ID s cost money.
Therefore a de facto poll tax
Questions: 1... You need ti show ID to buy a gun (legally) and to get the firearms ID card needed to buy it. If the gov't can require ID for this constitutional right, why not for voting? Conversely if you are going to argue no one should have to present ID to vote then there should be no licenses, firearms ID cards, etc. needed to buy a firearm.
Of course the reason that you need ID to buy a firearm is that it is an attempt to keep people from abusing it. I imagine this is also a concern with voting for many, given some of the situations in this country right now.
2.. We can start with any state that has more "voters" than citizens of legal voting age residing in it... If as you say this is not a problem and there is no need for voter ID to prevent it, no state should fut this category. Is that the case?
3... I know people from many walks of life. They all have SOME form of ID. As a cyclist I am cognizant of the fact that some people may not drive; but chances are they still have a driver's license. When I commuted to work by bike I still had a valid drivers license even though I did not use a car for nearly a year (by choice... I like riding). Heck even people without one -- my elderly grandma never had a licence she took the bus her whole life -- still have ID, just maybe not a drivers license, else how do they have a bank account, etc? I hear the numbers you are putting out, but I have to wonder as neither myself nor anyone I know knows anyone who fits that description... except for a handful of illegal aliens I have met. And while they seemed like nice people, they were illegal aliens, and not allowed to vote.
"[...] If the gov't can require ID for this constitutional right, why not for voting?"
Assuming the first part of your premise is true (it isn't), their intention and necessity is entirely different. A firearm's only purpose is to kill something. It has no value outside of that domain. (it would make a poor hammer) Participating in our democracy can deal with matters of life and death, but its only purpose is not to kill and it would be ridiculous to suggest that voting needs to be controlled the same way we poorly attempt to control killing machines.
"I imagine this is also a concern with voting for many, given some of the situations in this country right now."
There is no evidence that any act of voting is attempting to abuse the polls. The largest cases of voter fraud found were in the single digits and typically involved a person purposefully trying to generate evidence that there is voter fraud by creating it.
"Is that the case?"
That is indeed the case. Much like the story of razors in halloween candy, every season there is some stupid-ass story about some town or county where this has happened. They fail to live up to any actual investigation.
"I know people from many walks of life. They all have SOME form of ID."
Anecdote is not evidence.
"she took the bus her whole life -- still have ID"
The plural form of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
"else how do they have a bank account"
Not everyone has or even wants a bank account.
"except for a handful of illegal aliens I have met."
I am sure you checked them too to make sure this is true. Otherwise that would be racist, and we all know how much you would deny that.
"And while they seemed like nice people, they were illegal aliens [...]"
Undocumented immigrants is the actual term. Not having documentation isn't illegal.
"[...] and not allowed to vote."
So then it wouldn't surprise you that they don't even try? Especially when so many Americans would have a hard-on at the thought of catching one of them in the act and turning them in. Can you even imagine what you are saying? You are implying they would go through all the effort of crossing the boarder, hiding themselves among us, being careful to avoid all run ins with the authorities, only so they can run the risk of being caught by adding 0.0001% sway into the local vote?
@@aprotosis They are both constitutional rights, why is it ok to require id for one and not the other? The fact that one involves a weapon or "can kill" is not the issue... the consistency of those opposing voter id is. Regardless, you lost me with your veiled accusation of racism and when you said the proper term for illegal aliens was "undocumented".
@@thelonerider5644
"They are both constitutional rights, why is it ok to require id for one and not the other? "
Already covered that...
"The fact that one involves a weapon or "can kill" is not the issue"
When your question (issue) is why guns are regulated it absolutely is. Or do you think people would require an ID to own a gun if it's purpose was to hammer nails into wood? Ending life is a heinous act, which is why we treat it with such care. Thus we treat guns with care... or at least we should.
"the consistency of those opposing voter id is"
Voter ID should consistently be opposed because it is a solution looking for a problem, and in turn, creating one.
" you lost me with [...]"
Really? That is what lost you? Glad I put it near the end so I guess you are conceding the other points?
Fwiw: That is undocumented vs illegal thing is just the truth. A lot of people don't even know that because of their bubbles. Crossing the boarder without permission isn't even illegal in the way we code this stuff... it is a misdemeanor. The same level of infraction as parking improperly.
If you thought that my informing you of that usage was some veiled accusation of racism, then my guess is you actually knew this information already, chose to say it the way you did, and there is a voice in the back of your head that knows it is wrong.
Both are constitutional rights. If you are ok with id for one in principle then your objection to id for the other can't -- by definition -- be because it is a constitutional right. The fact that one is about weapons is irrelevant to the issue that both are constitutional rights.
If you oppose voter id for some other reason, fair enough, but to claim you oppose it because it is outrageous to ask for id to exercise a constitutional right when you are ok with that in another instance comes across as disingenuous.
See no point in debating this as I am sure neither do you at this point so I will say a civil good evening and a reminder to vote tomorrow, as I will.
@@thelonerider5644
So you are saying it is okay to force a person to show ID to practice religion? That is also a constitutional right. I am telling you, the *only* reason you are asked for ID to buy a gun is because they are machines of death and if a person attempts to use it on another, the government would like very much to be able to find you.
It is outrageous to ask for ID *in the method they require it*. I would have no problem with a voting ID if it hit these standards:
1) It is managed at the federal, not State level. It is no longer a State-right but a Federal one.
2) It is free, requiring no expenditure of resources to obtain.
3) It can be acquired same-day as you vote.
4) It doesn't list any identifying information other than that which proves you are the same person that registered to vote.
5) A person can have a reasonable window to present their ID, *after they voted*.
6) Locality is not a barrier. It can be acquired through online, the mail, local library, dmv, etc or a phone call. It can be picked-up in person or mailed.
7) They publish registration rates and do everything in their power to hit as close to 100% as possible.
There should be no barriers. Accepting anything less than this is accepting that there will be a group that is having their right to vote suppressed. As Americans, that is something we should never put up with. I can think of a lot of other changes we need to do to our voting system in general to make it better, but at least that crap is grandfathered in. We should never generate *more* barriers, but remove them.
If we had a national id system this would be less of a problem.
That would allow ICE to identify illegals. That is why it didnt get much support.
Voter ID in a country without a national ID system is nuts
Wow. I knew that voter ID laws were bad news - but I didn’t know _how_ bad. Thanks to you, I now know better.
13:08 This impacts not only immigrants (whose names are often spelled wrong in different ways by officials, which takes takes time and money to correct), but also the children of immigrants as well. Even something as simple as a missing/extra hyphen or accent or wrong spacing is common enough that an exact match is almost never guaranteed.
Source: a child of an immigrant.
I had the same problem when I was living in the US. The federal government and the state government decided to spell my name two different ways. This caused problems down the road and I had to convince the local DMV to change the spelling of my name.
Ironically the DMV also revealed another problem with the US voting system. The lady at the DMV asked me if I want to be enrolled to the voter registry while I was getting my DL. I had just handed hera foreign passport. I later discovered that I could have totally enrolled even by using a form and no ID or SSN just by swearing I am citizen over 18 and not restricted to vote.
Every day I find something new about the US that leaves me like wtf. In European countries you don't have to worry about "losing several hours of your job" to do certain things - you just do it. Need to get some important document? You go and get it, you can absent from work that time because it's a justified absence.
An out of state student has a school ID, but usually isn’t allowed to vote in that state, but rather they vote in their home state. Using a school ID would allow an out of state student to vote twice in a national election.
the Id's are only used to check you ARE who you SAY you are. It isn't proof of citizenship. They check to see if you're say, old enough or a citizen, separately from the ID check. The ID is information that verifies your truthfulness, effectively.
You would still need to register in the state you vote, so you couldn't vote twice.
This is super relevant right now, and probably the clearest explanation I've seen. I plan on sharing this.
My dad went to university in Boston in the mid 90s, and had a drivers license, even though he is 100% Jordanian, and of course he didn't vote, but he could have voted in the 1996. So I thought not having voter id's was dumb, you have now changed my mind.
80% of the population of Nigeria lives on less than $2/day, yet voter ID is required. Racist or no? War on the poor or no?
Well, just remember who has money and who doesn't
You act like getting an ID in America is exactly the same as getting an ID in Nigeria. But that is not true.
Gulf City Long Neck haha you really think he’s “dropping truth” when all he said was “but muh africa”, with no proof or context of any kind. He didn’t even respond on the video.
Required=/=Everyone has an ID
Required=/=Infrastructure has been provided to accomplish said goal.
Writing something on paper doesn't conjure it into existence, convince authorities to enforce it, or bring infrastructure in place to acheive it.
Lowering your standards to Nigeria; nice
In Germany, we have an active and passive right to vote.
The passive right to vote is the right to run for any position.
The active vote is... Well. The right to vote.
You can temporarely loose the passive vote (if you are in jail, for example).
But you almost never loose the active vote, even if you are on a life long sentence. The only people who are prohibited from voting are those who commit either voter fraud, or in rare cases of treason.
The only thing I’d add about voter impersonation is that they “caught” 31 people. Not that only 31 people attempted to vote illegally. How many voted illegally and were not caught?
Exactly this. Not to mention students in college who may have voted from home and from school.
Awesome content, as always. Even though it's not voter related, I'm going to be citing you in a healthcare paper I'm currently writing. "35 million Americans don’t have an ID." THANKS! Glad I watched this video this morning.
I'd find a credible source if I were you.
I’ve seen a photo of Nelson Mandela wearing a shirt that said.
Get ID
Register
Vote!
Your channel is one of the best on TH-cam. Thank you.
I lost my wallet and it took me 30 minutes to get wait in line, have a new picture taken, and a new license printed out for me. I just looked up what I needed (proof of residence like a water bill) and I was in and out.
If you watch the video he explains that North Carolina crafted its voter ID law by pulling racial data to find which ID's are mostly used by blacks and which by whites. they then made the valid voter ID's only the ones more likely to be used by whites. So yes it is racist when used like this and it is rigging elections.
Yes many black people have ID's (although 25% don't compared to 8% of whites), Its not racist to require ID, whats racist is not allowing the ID's that are more likely to be used by certain groups.
@@simbamartens7192 You are correct indeed.
But percentages don't mean a thing, the actual amount of people do. 75% are white compared to 22% who are black.
If we look at a total of 100 people, of which 22 black, 25% of that is 5.5 blacks who do not have an ID
of those 100 people, 75 are white people, when we take 8% of that we get 6 whites who do not have an ID.
so more whites than blacks have no ID in North Carolina.
So ... North Carolina is racist towards white people,....
@@neovenom9833 No that's not how it works, because black people in North Carolina vote for Democrats (over 90%) whereas whites tend to vote Republican, it doesn't matter if some whites get purged, because for every black person you purge you are guaranteed to purge a Democrat so in the end it evens out. Also, it is actually about percentages because its about how a certain policy disproportionately affects one group. Its the same thing with poverty. there are more poor whites than poor blacks for sure, but poverty rates are much higher among black communities.
I have to use my I'd all the time cause I'm disabled and only 4ft tall. lots of times they refuse to sell items to me cause I look young cause I'm a dwarf.
Strange, because dwarfs do not look like children at all. Only the length can be misleading. Which makes identification from behind and in the distance difficult, but it is for everyone then.
False advertisment. I have a masters degree in computer science and I still don't know how to stop java from telling me there's an update available.
Getting a replacement ID in Texas isn't nearly as hard as you make it out to be.
It costs $11 and you do it online. You get the new ID in the mail a week later.