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Subject: Re: Biden Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 18:15:35 -0400
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On 5/17/2024 5:44 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On May 17, 2024 at 1:17:43 PM PDT, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 19:25:05 +0000, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On May 17, 2024 at 12:28:31 AM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>>   On Thu, 16 May 2024 15:37:28 -0400, Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
>>>>   wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>>   Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) told The Daily Mail, ?Without the verification
>>>>> measures
>>>>>   in the SAVE Act, we?re basically asking people who are already breaking the
>>>>>   law by coming to the US illegally to abide by the honor system. No way;
>>>>>   American elections should belong to American citizens, period.?
>>>>>   
>>>>   Why is it unjust to insist on ID when one is registering to vote?
>>>
>>> Because-- and the racist Democrats actually said this out loud-- black people
>>> aren't smart enough to find the DMV and obtain an ID like the rest of us do.
>>
>> I haven't seen that be suggested, but I do recall people bringing up
>> places like South Dakota where the nearest DMV may be hours away.
> 
> One wonders, then, if black people are uniquely unable to go to that far-flung
> DMV, how it is that driver licenses can be required to drive a vehicle in
> South Dakota in the first place?
> 
> If it's racist to ask for an ID to vote because black people can't easily get
> the ID, then it would be equally racist to require a license to drive if it
> disproportionately affects blacks to such a degree.
> 
> Based on federal civil rights law and the Court cases that have followed from
> them, there's no way a state could legally even require a license to drive if
> doing so resulted in virtually barring an entire class of people from
> something as essential to modern life as the ability to drive a car, based on
> nothing but their race.
> 
>>>>   When I voted in the last election (remember I'm a Canadian) I brought
>>>>   my voter card showing where to vote + my drivers' licence. I saw other
>>>>   people with various other kinds of ID - they were flexible on what ID
>>>>   they would accept but they DID require some sort of ID.
>>>>   
>>>>   After I voted I asked how many people were registered to vote from my
>>>>   address - then explained that my wife had passed away since the last
>>>>   election... (they seemed unhelpful until I mentioned that and said
>>>>   "are there two or three? there WERE three in the last election, now
>>>>   only two" and they did say two so I thanked them and went on my way.

They had to travel once.  You're repeating whatever inconvenience that 
entailed.  Moreover, you're doing it because you think they won't...