Links:
- [1] https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights/fighting-voter-suppression/fighting-voter-id-requirements
- [2] https://spreadthevote.org/voter-id-states
- [3] https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Tolson%20Testimony1.pdf
- [4] https://www.aclu.org/documents/oppose-voter-id-legislation-fact-sheet
- [5] https://www.educationnext.org/teachers-should-replace-the-soft-bigotry-of-low-expectations-with-the-suspension-of-disbelief/
- [6] https://glennloury.substack.com/p/loury-vs-mcwhorter-voter-supression
Original research paper:
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Reasons given by college students for why voter ID is "racist":
- Black people less likely to have ID, or particular type of ID
- Black people can't get to the DMV
- Black people can't afford the internet
- Black people don't know how to use the internet.
- Black people don't have data on their phones or don't know how to use it
- Black people are uninformed
- Black people are often felons
Most of them appear to just be regurgitating ACLU talking points as virtuous "antiracism" activism and have never actually considered how infantilizing and actually racist these beliefs about black citizens are. It was genuinely shocking to me to hear these things come out of their mouths as virtuous progressive beliefs, rather than from a white Southern sheriff from the 60s.
Where I'm from, voter ID is required. It's not always requested, and I've only had to show mine a couple of times ever. But they do random spot checks and nobody thinks any more of it than showing your ID when you open a bank account or collect a parcel from the post office. (Seriously, how do they think black people pick up a parcel from the post office?)
Now, it's possible that there could be racial profiling when asking for voter ID, and that should certainly be addressed. But the idea that black Americans can live their entire lives in their own country without having an ID, knowing where the DMV Is or how to get there, and without being able to figure out the most basic aspects of "the internet" is full-blown progressive racism. That is actual white supremacy.
You would think after the elections of 2000, 2016 and 2020, there would be bipartisan agreement to improve the integrity of elections. But apparently not.