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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.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by maxwell demon on Monday January 21 2019, @08:34PM (2 children)
I can tell you what good it would do: Those who voted for Trump are generally government-distrusting people. That is, people who are the least likely to get such an ID card. If such an ID card is required to vote, then it would remove those voters. ;-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 21 2019, @09:41PM (1 child)
That seems contrary to what Dems are always telling us. An ID card will supposedly remove the Dem voting base: illegals, blacks who are too ignorant to get to the DMV, and ????
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 21 2019, @11:31PM
Damn you're stupid. Impressive levels you've reached, really!