This started as a social media post and turned into a much longer piece. I decided this is a better place to voice my personal opinion.
Identification to vote has been a heated discussion for years. How is it not discrimination for all other requirements? This article is from 2016. It’s one of the dozens of articles I’ve read through this weekend trying to wrap my head around all the controversy.
7 Other Places the Government Requires a Photo ID
Click above link to read the article.
We need to educate ourselves and take the time to read the facts and not trust the media as a reliable source. Any bill that’s 98 pages long is going to have parts of it that someone isn’t going to like, but what about all the positives that are being dismissed. Read the facts and not the commentary. And go one step further and compare state laws….one state is being penalized publicly while most other states’ laws are way more restrictive.
I’m not taking sides, I’m just asking for everyone to take a deep breathe and look for the facts….also take into account things were different last year due to COVID measures, those things being pointed out as being eliminated in the new law…they were never written in a law at all before. We can’t base everything on COVID measures unless you think wearing a mask to the grocery store is a cool thing to do long term. Read for yourself, then base your opinion.
Yes, Georgia as a whole isn’t perfect, but people also need to remember there’s a lot more to the state than just Atlanta. Us folks down here by the Florida border, we only fly Delta because it’s the only airline at our airport. We drink Coca-Cola with our bbq because we like the taste better. We love baseball just like everyone else, but we are nowhere near a major stadium. I don’t care where a game is played, just want to know if it’s going to be televised. And I still have to show a picture ID when I pick my kids up from school even though that lady knows me and my kids on a first name basis.