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posted by chromas on Monday January 21 2019, @06:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the identification-politics dept.

Civil rights group marks MLK Day with call for 'Trump card' national ID

A prominent civil rights group is marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day by pressing President Trump to honor his promise to create a national photo ID card for citizens.

Martin Luther King III, the oldest son of the iconic civil rights leader and a co-chairmen of the Drum Major Institute, met with Trump two years ago on MLK Day. During that meeting, the then president-elect endorsed the idea of a national photo ID. This year, the group is calling on Trump to follow through.

William Wachtel, co-founder of the Drum Major Institute, said the group sees the issue as critical to ensuring King's work to remove barriers to voting.

[...] The idea has invited controversy in the past, in particular over privacy concerns. In 2013, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced a measure, the Protect Our Privacy Act, attached to a Senate immigration bill. The Paul amendment sought to prevent the creation of a national ID card, citing worries that it would make it easier for the government to track people. Wachtel sought to ease concerns about such an ID, saying it would not be mandatory and would only be an option for those who sought it.


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by digitalaudiorock on Monday January 21 2019, @07:34PM (3 children)

    by digitalaudiorock (688) on Monday January 21 2019, @07:34PM (#789725) Journal

    If it exists, more and more things WILL require it, you can bet on that. I don't have or need one now and I don't want to.

    I'm struggling to figure out what problem this is a solution to, though.

    Exactly, and that's my main gripe. It's a cure for which there is no known disease and does nothing more than give credibility to the voter fraud myth that the Republicans fabricated and Trump weaponized. Fuck that.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by EEMac on Tuesday January 22 2019, @03:24PM (2 children)

    by EEMac (6423) on Tuesday January 22 2019, @03:24PM (#790090)

    It's a cure for which there is no known disease

    San Diego county: 138% more registered voters than eligible citizens in 2016.

    https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-warns-california-clean-voter-registration-lists-face-federal-lawsuit/ [judicialwatch.org]

    • (Score: 1) by EEMac on Tuesday January 22 2019, @03:26PM

      by EEMac (6423) on Tuesday January 22 2019, @03:26PM (#790093)

      Ghaaa, bad typing. 38% more registered voters than voting-age citizens.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 22 2019, @06:22PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 22 2019, @06:22PM (#790183)

      Mostly because anyone who tries to clean up their registered voter lists will get sued into oblivion by "progressives" who claim to be protecting people from being disenfranchised.