Trump’s executive order on voting rights. I may be misinterpreting this (correct me please if I am), but it sure sounds like you won’t be allowed to vote if you didn’t opt for a “RealID” version of your license. A regular driver’s license contains no information regarding citizenship status, at least in my state, so it wouldn’t count. A lot of low income people in rural America have skipped getting a “RealID” because it’s more expensive. If this order goes thru, that decision may cost them their right to vote. This could disenfranchise millions of low income voters.
Cheapest? Is it that expensive? USA-tier expensive? Like $10k? Because in my country (and all those nearby countries where I know anything passport-related) passports are must-have and cost a few dollars to make (and the first passport is free of charge)
It seems like it’s either $130 or $165 (130 + 35) for a first time applicant according to the web. Keep in mind that many US households couldn’t bear a sudden $400 expense and this is even worse amongst the working poor.
That imposes a de facto poll tax. If the courts weren’t corrupt, they’d immediately shut that down as unconstitutional.
Basically, it seems that way since, afaik, no free ID is a available that meets the requirements.
Even if it were free, getting it would still definitely be harder for the disadvantaged, but I have no idea how the courts might see that in isolation.
I don’t understand. It is once per lifetime spend. And Americans somehow can pay $5 for a burger. And cannot afford $200 for a universal document?
Ok, I suppose it is some very local nuance that I’m too outsider to understand.
Burgers are like $15 now
So… 10 burgers per passport?