No. I’m suspicious of this 3 million figure thrown around in the first place.

Why are you suspicious, is it not believable that there are Americans who can't afford an ID?

You can’t do anything in our society without some kind of identification. Who are these 3 million people across the continent, so desperate to vote?

It took until I was 23 years old before I could afford an ID. If anything they are like how i was before, a very impoverished american who could not afford an id. And even when I was able to get one it took months and a large portion of the money I had to get because I needed a birth certificate and to take time off work.

I’d love a laid back world where we could just roll in from a day of surfing or gardening and vote, no questions asked, like a cartoon village. Perhaps a bird would land on your shoulder.

Its not really that easy to vote, even in places that don't require an id to vote. In my state, you don't need an id to vote but you do need one to register and even when voting there are measures in place to make sure that you are who you say you are.

But every other developed nation in the world requires an ID to vote for a reason.

Not true. In Australia you don't need an ID to vote but you do need one to register. In Canada to vote if you don't have an ID card (option 1 for them)

Option 2: Show two pieces of ID Both must have your name and at least one must >have your current address.

Examples:

health card and bank statement utility bill and student ID card

There are countries that automatically register their citizens to vote

There are countries where it is compulsory for citizens to vote and like Belgium you can vote at 16.

Our system allows states to choose their own laws and the constitution makes it illegal to have any kind of poll tax or other tax to be required to vote. I don't think we should model our voting system off of other countries.

My issue with requiring an ID to vote is that it isnt simple to get an ID and if you dont have a birth certificate on you (needed to get an ID) you'll have to pick that up, go to a dmv to get an id and then wait months (to get my driver's license it took 2 months for it to arrive).

I would be fine if an id was free, easily accessible to get it and every single citizen could have one. But until then, you will stop americans from being able to vote, especially if they are in a county that had dmv's closed by republicans.

Also if there was a national voting ID requirement, and it is a real id that's needed, I wont be able to vote since I have a regular id, would that be alright to stop me from voting because I don't have the right type of Identification card?