Trump’s executive order on voting rights. I may be misinterpreting this (correct me please if I am), but it sure sounds like you won’t be allowed to vote if you didn’t opt for a “RealID” version of your license. A regular driver’s license contains no information regarding citizenship status, at least in my state, so it wouldn’t count. A lot of low income people in rural America have skipped getting a “RealID” because it’s more expensive. If this order goes thru, that decision may cost them their right to vote. This could disenfranchise millions of low income voters.

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    17 days ago

    That imposes a de facto poll tax. If the courts weren’t corrupt, they’d immediately shut that down as unconstitutional.

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      17 days ago

      Basically, it seems that way since, afaik, no free ID is a available that meets the requirements.

      Even if it were free, getting it would still definitely be harder for the disadvantaged, but I have no idea how the courts might see that in isolation.