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[In an attempt to disenfranchise voters] US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns (apnews.com)

submitted 5 months ago by CubitOom@infosec.pub to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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The revocation program, plans for which were first reported by the AP in February, soon will be greatly expanded to cover parents who owe more than $2,500 in unpaid child support — the threshold set by a little-enforced 1996 law, the State Department said.

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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

36 states require identification to vote. A passport is ID. Maybe a very small percentage of passport holders don't have a second ID but for those that only have the one is being behind on child support a sufficient reason to take away someone's vote?

[–] stickly@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

36 states require identification to vote. A passport is ID.

Gonna stop everyone right here and mention that ID requirements were not the norm until recently. It is, and always was, possible to prove citizenship without issuance of an ID (let alone a photo ID). Studies have shown that it does very little to reduce voter fraud and only disenfranchises vulnerable populations.

Secondly, elections are the purview of the states. Any requirements that give feds control of the voting process are unconstitutional. A federal passport is US property issued at the discretion of the government and can be revoked at any time (as shown in this article), and is therefore unconstitutional.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Of course not. Taking away the vote of a US citizen (with very, very specific exceptions) is unconstitutional. We only got here because of years of getting away with unconstitutional shit. It won't change while the criminals are in charge.