We started discussing this in the “compendium of horrors” thread. Since it is likely to be a big topic this year, I’m making a new thread.
Here’s the mainstream liberal/progressive take:
The above is true but misses something more important. The SAVE Act would save American democracy by taking several points off of GOP vote totals.
The inconvenience would properly be blamed on the GOP.
Beyond that, consider this from NBC News:
Who do you think is more likely to have Real ID or a passport? People with more education, or less? Isn’t it obvious that the Democrats are the world travelers and/or listened to the government when it told them to get Real ID? Democrats will confidently register, knowing they have sterling ID.
And even without Real ID or a passport, reliable Democratic voters will go through the hassle of registering because they believe in voting. The intermittent voters who kinda like the idea of a strongman – not so much.
And what about married women who changed their name and do not have a passport or Real ID? If they’ve heard claims that registering could be an issue for them, many will not bother. I know there’s a gender gap. But honestly folks, married woman, changed name – is that the subgroup driving the gender gap? I say no. It’s the single women, and last-name-keepers, who are heavily Democratic. They’ll register at higher rates than their conventional, more GOP, sisters.
In the past, when I pointed to voter suppression as being a GOP own-goal, Democrats here told me that even if it was true, as a matter of principle they still opposed it. But now that the GOP President is eliminating humanitarian foreign aid, and the GOP Congress is planning to thoroughly gut Medicaid and food benefits, how about another principle? Let’s do what’s needed so we can feed the hungry and care for the sick.
If you disagree, please shoot down my logic – because I don’t want the Republican minority here to believe it. If you are a Democrat, or a never-Trumper, who agrees, silence here is fine. Just write your Democratic House or Senate member, suggesting they do nothing to slow this GOP own goal.