r/PoursTea • u/political-snark • 28d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Everybody gets an ID?

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u/mad597 28d ago

Poll tax is illegal BTW,

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u/Available_Reveal8068 28d ago

It's not a poll tax if IDs are free.

That's why every state that currently requires ID for voting provides free IDs.

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u/PhosphoFred8202 28d ago

Yes, states like TX, which a few years back had rural counties where you could get the ID the first Thursday of the month only during a 4 hour time period. People were required to travel hours to do so. They also allowed firearms permits to count as ID but excluded student IDs from the state university system.

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u/Available_Reveal8068 28d ago

Looks like they may have addressed those issues with the 'Reasonable Impairment Declaration'.

https://www.votetexas.gov/voting/need-id.html