Voting rights have always been a contentious issue in this country. It envokes old memories of whites standing outside the polls with guns to deter blacks. It reminds us of workers being forced to vote for a certain candidate if they wanted to keep their job.

The matter still continues today with the right decrying voter fraud whereas the left says this is voter suppression, but in some ways I feel both are wrong. Several independent studies demonstrated any voter fraud, if there is any, is so small to the point of being insignificant to the outcome. But conversely when people talk about voter suppression, I wonder what the issue is.

Now if they're closing polling stations in black or Latino areas, that I can understand is an issue. But if they're asking for an ID, that I don't understand. Why is this a problem? Who the fuck doesn't have an ID? How do you buy alcohol? Or drive a car? Or get a loan? Or apply for a job? Honestly if you don't have a government-issued ID, I just automatically assume you're an illegal immigrant who can't vote anyway. Why is requiring an ID a problem? I fucking need one to walk around NYC because the cops can detain me otherwise. And I know outsideo of NYC everyone needs to drive everywhere to get places. How does no one have an ID?

Then there are other things like same-day voter registration. I'm sorry, why the fuck are you registering to vote literally the day of the election? Honestly I'm not certain you can complain about being surpressed when clearly you didn't give a shit about voting until literally the last second. You've relinquished the right at that point. Do you even know what the issues are?