House Defeats Johnson’s Spending Plan With Shutdown Looming | Both Reps and Dems opposed stopgap funding bill, which was tied to new rules requiring proof of US citizenship to register to vote - eviltoast
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state audits and data compiled by groups across the political spectrum have found no indication that noncitizens are voting in large numbers.

Basically, rules imposing additional requirements on voter registration prevent vastly more citizens from voting than noncitizens, since the latter aren’t trying to vote.

  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
    141·
    2 months ago

    I’ve been saying for years that we should have an optional National ID card that you can obtain free at the point of service from every post office in the land. We have most of the infrastructure already, the training wouldn’t be onerous and an ID is necessary in the modern world.

    • cogman@lemmy.world
      16·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, but Christian nut jobs will freak out about the mark of the beast or whatever shit.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
      31·
      2 months ago

      Sounds good in theory, but not when you consider that exactly the groups that the GOP want to stop from voting have local post offices that are effectively unusable for the vast majority due to being open only a few hours a year.

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
          41·
          2 months ago

          Literally thousands of places. Some places, such as Trappe, MD they’ve even been without one for a long time.

          Hell, some places can’t even get mail delivered, let alone show up st the nearest post office without significant expense for child care and/or risk of getting fired for going during working hours.

          The crumbling and mismanaged (due to laws and a postmaster general appointment by the GOP) USPS isn’t who you want in charge of upholding democracy.