(05-06-2022, 02:27 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: Asking this as an honest question: how do people always come to the conclusion that enforcing voter ID laws negatively affects Black voters?  Cause it seems to be the standard mantra for this issue.  Is it too expensive to drive to the polls?  Polls not open long enough?  Not enough water provided while standing in line?  Poll-o-phobia?  i mean seriously, what is the problem?  If it's because of being mired in poverty, then why isn't it an issue for poor Hispanics?  Poor Whites in the Trailer parks?  Poor Native Americans on the reservations? (that one I can buy).  Joking aside, what is the issue?

It's actually a poverty issue but the 15th amendment doesn't mention poverty.  It does mention race.
Urban poor people are very likely to hold a photo ID because they have more frequent encounters with authority and a shorter distance to get to the DMV or election supervisor's office.  It's the rural poor who might have a lot of difficulty getting their stuff together to get an ID.
The liberals and progressives want more economically/financially poor people to vote.  But there's no constitutional hook for them to get a judge to enforce that.  So they have to argue it's a racial issue.

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