People keep saying "How hard is it to get an ID?"
Pretty fucking hard. And that's the damn problem. It's not just a trip down to the DMV, spend half a day to get your ID, and then go home and be ready to vote. You have to have all the right forms--and nobody--even DMV employees--seem to know what the fuck they are. Because several people have had to make SEVERAL trips down to their DMV, bringing different things. And if your name isn't the name on your birth certificate--well you're kinda fucked in a way. At least in some states. Meaning if there was an error on your birth certificate, or if you changed your last name because your parents remarried. And in some areas the hours are FUCKING RIDICULOUS. And I don't mean "It's only open from 9:00 -5:00" I mean in one areas they're only open the fifth wednesday of the month.
Then there's getting to the location. The US doesn't have a great system of public transportation.
The whole system is designed to fuck over poor people. Unfortunately most of them won't give a shit because they have ID's, and they're republicans.
Pretty fucking hard. And that's the damn problem. It's not just a trip down to the DMV, spend half a day to get your ID, and then go home and be ready to vote. You have to have all the right forms--and nobody--even DMV employees--seem to know what the fuck they are. Because several people have had to make SEVERAL trips down to their DMV, bringing different things. And if your name isn't the name on your birth certificate--well you're kinda fucked in a way. At least in some states. Meaning if there was an error on your birth certificate, or if you changed your last name because your parents remarried. And in some areas the hours are FUCKING RIDICULOUS. And I don't mean "It's only open from 9:00 -5:00" I mean in one areas they're only open the fifth wednesday of the month.
Then there's getting to the location. The US doesn't have a great system of public transportation.
The whole system is designed to fuck over poor people. Unfortunately most of them won't give a shit because they have ID's, and they're republicans.