proud republican wrote:
Question 1 Do you think asking for picture ID is r****t?
It might be, if the ID'ing system were deliberately set up to disproportionately impact people of particular "race(s)".
You could have asked a different question, such as: "Do you think this 'asking for picture ID' system will tend to favor one political party over another?"
proud republican wrote:
Question 2 Do you think black people so stupid they can't find picture ID?
No, of course not. Your question #2 appears to be designed for some rhetorical purpose! But, thinking a little further into it, do these people _have_ a picture ID, and is it the right _kind_ of picture ID? I'll get back to that after a bit.
If r****m or "black"ness is involved in an e******n picture ID system, it's might be because some "races" or "black" people tend to v**e more Democratic than Republican. I notice that it seems to be Republicans who advocate for 'asking for picture ID' or any other systems to make v****g more difficult.
As for me, a v**er, if I'm asked for my picture ID then I might show my driver's license, _if_ I had driven myself to the polling place in a car. Sometimes I just walk to the polling place. I don't carry my driver' license everywhere -- mostly just when I go places by driving myself. Without my driver's license, what would I use for the picture ID? I don't know.
Some people don't have driver's licenses.
What kind of people don't have driver's licenses?
Answer: I would guess that mostly they would be poor people, and maybe a lot of students, or anyone who doesn't drive or lives where driving isn't necessary, which might include a lot of inner-city residents and a lot of students.
Do poor people and students tend to v**e more Democrat or more Republican?
Do "black" people tend to be more poor than "white" people?
According to Greg Palast (an investigative reporter who's been covering U.S. e******ns for many years), 646,671 v**ers were blocked from v****g in 2016 because they had the wrong ID. He says his calculations are based on 2016 data reported by the EAC [E******ns Assistance Commission], Census, Federal E******ns Commission (FEC) and the quadrennial Survey of the Performance of American E******ns (SPAE). I'm getting this from page 178 of his book "How Trump Stole 2020", copyright 2020.
What wrong ID? In the scenario of Wisconsin students, I can answer that, because it's described on pages 149-150 of the same book. But if you're only interested in "race" or r****m, hang on because "Black" is also mentioned in what follows here:
"Nationwide, only two states recorded a drop in student v****g. Wisconsin's drop was breathtaking. In-precinct v****g by students declined by a third, from 67% to 49%. ...
"... They were disappeared in plain sight by the Republican legislature under laws crafted by Wisconsin's radical-right Governor, Scott Walker.
"One new law required a government photo ID to v**e. But the photo ID issued by the state to its 182,000 University of Wisconsin students (begin italics) did not qualify them (end italics) for v****g nor for registration.
"... Gun permits could be used to v**e; but not student ID. ...
"A Wisconsin driver's license would do. But not everyone has a license. Who doesn't drive? Students in Madison and low-income urban v**ers, i.e., the Black population of Milwaukee.
"What was particularly devastating was that the law was ordered into effect by a court only two weeks before the 2016 e******n. Even those who knew of the change had little time to correct their lack of paperwork, even if they could."
And so on. It is particularly relevant if it is a known fact (among Republicans crafting the v**er ID law) that students and low-income urban v**ers tend to v**e Democratic. I happen to have information handy regarding the students. It's earlier on page 149 where he writes, "... Wisconsin was supposed to be a safe state for Clinton. Her husband had won Wisconsin twice. In fact, Democrats had crushed it seven e******ns in a row, helped by the massive v**e from the famously progressive, activist University of Wisconsin student population."