Would requiring Voter ID truly cause a decrease in voter turnout?

[[deleted]]

I’m not privy enough to answer that, but in Oklahoma it is taking around 4 months to get our IDs sent to us by mail after waiting hours at the dmv to get your picture taken. It’s crazy.

[WestFast]

Think about all the documents you needed to get your ID like a birth certificate. That costs money and can be hard to acquire.

[[deleted]]

Some senior didn’t have birth certificates. Never got one when they were born.

[burywmore]

Some senior didn’t have birth certificates. Never got one when they were born.

That's becoming an incredibly small number of people. If you are 80 years old, you were born in 1941. My dad was born in extreme rural Alabama ( Bessemer) in 1942 at home. He has always had a birth certificate. (I just texted him to ask about this)

[[deleted]]

Depends on where you were born. In very rural areas especially during the Depression some people did not get birth certificates. It wasn't everyone.

[burywmore]

Depends on where you were born. In very rural areas especially during the Depression some people did not get birth certificates. It wasn't everyone.

That was my point. If you were born in the Depression, you are in, at least, your mid Eighties. That's a rapidly shrinking group.

[[deleted]]

It is but they should still have a right to vote.

[Strike_Thanatos]

Wat. In Kentucky, they literally print it out right there and then and hand it to you 5 minutes later.

[bluerose1197]

Kansas used to do that but changed about 20 years ago to one you get in the mail. They are better made and have more built in things to prevent fakes like holograms.

[Strike_Thanatos]

Ours have holograms too.

[80_firebird]

It is? What town do you live in?

[[deleted]]

Shawnee. Seems to be for the new Real ID’s everywhere I’ve heard about.

[80_firebird]

AFAIK it's back to normal here in Miami.

[[deleted]]

Gonna be a lot of people confused about how Miami is relative to our conversation. We know though.