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[In an attempt to disenfranchise voters] US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns (apnews.com)
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The revocation program, plans for which were first reported by the AP in February, soon will be greatly expanded to cover parents who owe more than $2,500 in unpaid child support — the threshold set by a little-enforced 1996 law, the State Department said.

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[+] -8 points 6 months ago (9 children)

Explain how this is voter disenfranchisement?

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  • [+] 30 points 6 months ago (2 children)
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  • [–] [S] 16 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Even though an executive order is not a law, the regime has been acting like it is.

    Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections

    Any in-person vote without a valid ID (passport is one of the few considered enough) will be challenged. Not to mention the challanges to mail in ballots.

    States do control their elections, but plenty of regime friendly states will just let the regime control it. Allowing the regime to make challanges in key areas easier.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    36 states require identification to vote. A passport is ID. Maybe a very small percentage of passport holders don't have a second ID but for those that only have the one is being behind on child support a sufficient reason to take away someone's vote?

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago*

    36 states require identification to vote. A passport is ID.

    Gonna stop everyone right here and mention that ID requirements were not the norm until recently. It is, and always was, possible to prove citizenship without issuance of an ID (let alone a photo ID). Studies have shown that it does very little to reduce voter fraud and only disenfranchises vulnerable populations.

    Secondly, elections are the purview of the states. Any requirements that give feds control of the voting process are unconstitutional. A federal passport is US property issued at the discretion of the government and can be revoked at any time (as shown in this article), and is therefore unconstitutional.

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