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: 2) by hemocyanin on Monday January 21 2019, @08:40PM (2 children)
You have to show ID to buy a pack of smokes which are basically only self-harmful, but it's such a burden to produce an ID to vote?
I'm a lefty and I'm just not bothered by it.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 21 2019, @09:01PM (1 child)
Wasn't there a youtube video where they interviews a bunch of racists at berkely who said blacks were too dumb/lazy/poor/whatever to get IDs , and then went to harlem (in NYC) where everyone had an ID and even knew exactly where the nearest DMV was?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 22 2019, @12:04AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrBxZGWCdgs [youtube.com]