Why are Democrats opposing voter ID?
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It was a question. I have no idea what this "voter ID" really is, so ask for clarification from American fellows here.
Oh. Sorry. Normal American thought process, not infected by marxism, sees it as a "back-door national ID" that no one has ever wanted as it was deemed a chilling effect on liberty. It's a matter that really should be regulated by the states as per the enumeration clause of the Tenth Amendment.
So "voter ID" is some additional federal document, like passport proposed by Conservatives. But Constituion declare that it is only up to states to decide who and by what feature is a citizen of US (and so can vote) and who is not. Am I right?
No. Citizenship determination is still to the feds, but documentation thereof is the states' responsibilities.
AFAIK, the basic document for most Americans that undeniably prove their citizenship is a birth certificate, which is issued by local medical authorities. Where is the feds in this scheme? I understand that feds grant citizenship for foreingners but that's smaller part of US citizens.
Is there something like all-US fed databse of citizens where both, granted and birth citizenship have to be recorded?
All that system looks like puzzle for me. :) I still don't understand, f.e., what document young American have to show in liquor store as a proof of his age to buy a bottle of whiskey, if he, for some reason, don't have driver license. :)