Do you think people can receive Government assistance without identification? Or file their tax refunds to receive tax credits without identification? I think it is virtually impossible to exist in society without identification. And, if poor people somehow do struggle to get ID why in the world would it not be part of poverty relief to provide them with identification?
So, to answer your question no, I think the vast majority have identification, but the myth is perpetuated that they do not because it is a necessary part in rigging elections. It has been for a very long time.
Hargie Randall, 72, was born in his family’s home in Huntsville, Tex., and
has lived in the state his entire life. Randall, now living in Houston’s low-income Fifth Ward neighborhood, has several health problems and such poor eyesight that he is legally blind. He can’t drive and has to ask others for rides.
After Texas implemented its new law, Randall went to the Department of Public Safety (the Texas agency that handles driver’s licenses and identification cards) three times to try to get a photo ID to vote. Each time Randall was told he needed different items. First, he was told he needed three forms of identification. He came back and brought his Medicaid card, bills and a current voter registration card from voting in past elections.
Do you think people can receive Government assistance without identification? Or file their tax refunds to receive tax credits without identification? I think it is virtually impossible to exist in society without identification. And, if poor people somehow do struggle to get ID why in the world would it not be part of poverty relief to provide them with identification?
So, to answer your question no, I think the vast majority have identification, but the myth is perpetuated that they do not because it is a necessary part in rigging elections. It has been for a very long time.
Well, apparently you can get assistance without,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/getting-a-photo-id-so-you-can-vote-is-easy-unless-youre-poor-black-latino-or-elderly/2016/05/23/8d5474ec-20f0-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html