First things first, I don’t doubt it is a bad thing, considering who supports it and who doesn’t.
But my question is what exactly is the issue and what is the current and proposed voting process when it comes to IDs?
Here in my EU country, you have to show some version of a government ID, be it an ID card, drivers license or passport. And we don’t have to pre-register to vote.
Aren’t you required to have a government ID?
Here (.nl) you need an ID to access so many services that it’s basically impossible to function without one.
Want to rent or buy/sell a house -> ID
Want to go do a doctor -> ID
Mobile phone contract -> ID
Open a bank account -> ID
Get a loan -> ID
Take a driving exam -> ID
Collect a package from a parcel point -> ID
Buy alcohol, tobacco or weed -> ID
Hell, I had to show ID when getting food delivery because apparently there was a tiny amount of alcohol in the desert.
How does US society even function when people don’t have a government ID?
Besides what other people have said, voting is a right. Everything you listed is not.
You are not required to possess one, no. Someone can exist in the US as a dependent and never need to purchase anything ever because someone else in the household takes care of the finances.
No health insurance, never need to go to a doctor or hospital?
What if you’re ever asked for ID by the police?
Over here, technically you aren’t required to have or carry ID. You just have to be able to show ID when asked by law enforcement. Meaning they can’t simply stop people and ask for ID and fine you when you can’t show one, so not carrying an ID in itself isn’t an offense. It’s just that when they have a valid reason to ask for you ID and you can’t show one, you get a fine for not being able to show ID.
It’s state dependent about requirement to identify yourself go police, but i dont believe its required in any state to carry an ID on one’s person.
Ideally, yes, this is how it should work. But some of our citizens do not have access to nearly all of these social resources.
Even homeless people are required to have ID here.
they are required but highly doubtful most of them carry it. the temporary homeless will likely have them, but not the permanent ones.
Are they provided for free?
We have to pay for ID in the US, and there is often a requirement for an address on paperwork so combined that makes it very difficult for the homeless to acquire an ID. For example, my state mails IDs which I’m pretty sure it intended to make it difficult for homeless people to get one.
No.
Same here. An ID card is €80 and a passport is €88. Both are valid for 10 years.
Here you simply go to the municipality where you are a registered resident and request it there. They already have your address on file since you are required to register your place of residence.
I just looked it up how this works here. If you aren’t a registered resident of any municipality there’s a couple of them that handle ID applications for people without residence. You have to prove your nationality but that can be as simple as showing a bank statement proving that you receive dutch social security (homeless people receive monthly social security payments)
Then how do they make sure it ends up with the person who requested it? Here you have to pick them up in person specifically so they can make sure that the person on the ID is the same person who is receiving it.