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[Michigan] Stricter voter identification law passes House
Stricter voter identification law passes House
Stricter voter identification laws were described Wednesday night as both a way to ensure the integrity of elections is upheld and a means to erect barriers for vulnerable and minority voters. But in the end, Republicans who sponsored and supported the bills making voter identification laws more stringent, won the day, approving the main bill in the package on mostly party line votes of 57-50.
lansingstatejournal.com
Note that this law excludes IDs issued by the city of Detroit.




Is that what she said? Is that really what she said?
When you say "excludes IDs issued by the city of Detroit", what does that mean? Would this law prevent people from Detroit from voting? Or like... would they be able to vote, but only if they were able to travel to a different city to get a new ID ahead of time? I'm from the UK and don't really know how the ID system works in the US.
An ID issued by a city is exactly what it says on the tin.
The bill's a doozy.
First, the bill requires photo identification expressly for voting purposes, and expressly forbids other forms of photo identification formerly permitted to be used as voter ID. (Such as those issued by the City of Detroit.) And, since there is a charge to get this new form from the State, it's effectively a poll tax.
Second, it limits the number of people who are allowed to vote without photo IDs to people above age 62 who live in a nursing home housing 150 or more people.
Thing I can't tell because I don't live in Michigan: Since there is no equivalent federal requirement, what is the state doing to allow people to vote in federal elections?
Ouch, wow. Hopefully this gets repealed by the courts, or doesn't make it through the rest of the process to get passed into law.
It's the states that control the ID requirements for all elections in their state (including federal).So presumably these rules would also apply to federal elections.
Hey, ya know that thing that hasn't been working at all? Let's do more of it...
It is working though, but the goal isnt to prevent voter fraud which is almost non existent. The goal is to prevent people who typically vote for democrats from voting. Republicans have admitted the purpose of the voter id laws in the past.