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by forgot_again 2229 days ago
This is quite a common claim from the Left in the US. If you do a quick search in Left leaning publications on the issue of voter ID you'll see that stance dominates their discussion of the issue. I agree it's an extraordinary claim, but it's a conspiracy they've latched onto.

You can in fact see a child comment below where someone is commenting that the purpose of such ID is to disenfranchise the poor.
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rumanator 2229 days ago
> This is quite a common claim from the Left in the US.

What about the source? Are you able to find anything that corroborates your extraordinary claim? Because I asked for a source, and you just reiterated your baseless assertion.

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smabie 2229 days ago
I dunno, this claim isn't extraordinary. MSNBC/CNN/Nytimes/WashPost say stuff like this all the time. It's a very common talking point. Certainly (in my opninion), the reason why some people are so interested in voter ID is to make voting harder.
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forgot_again 2229 days ago
There are many sources, if you don't trust me you should search yourself.

Here's one, representative of the general attitude. Voter ID's are discriminatory or pushed with discriminatory intent: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/heres-what-you-need-to-kn_b_9...

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rumanator 2229 days ago
> Voter ID's are discriminatory or pushed with discriminatory intent:

Your own link does not support your baseless assertion. The only claim is that so far voter ID laws have been crafted to exclude non-white US citizens from the electoral process.

Taken from your article:

> New studies suggest that the motivation of these laws is suppressing non-white voters, and worryingly, that they will be successful at doing so.

Do notice that the remarks refer to voters (thus, citizens with the right to vote) who, due to their race, are being excluded from casting their vote.

If that's the best source you managed to produce then I'm afraid that you were either lying or very confused, because your original claim has zero basis.

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lonelappde 2229 days ago
> crafted to exclude non-white US citizens from the electoral process.

Reads a lot like

>> pushed with discriminatory intent.

You seem to be confused about what the point of disagreement is

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