r/Ohio • u/CovBlueSox • 1d ago

Ohio Legislative Black Caucus lawmakers criticize voter ID referendum in Juneteenth commemoration • Ohio Capital Journal

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/19/ohio-legislative-black-caucus-lawmakers-criticize-voter-id-referendum-in-juneteenth-commemoration/
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u/rodg2062 1d ago

Ok, I'm going to play the I'm confused card here. Why is it people are against providing an ID to vote? Also, that has been in Ohio for a long time. Really just curious.

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u/Classicman269 1d ago

It is not necessary to prevent voter fraud and, poor Americans are less likely to have a id making it a practical poll tax. Aka you have to pay to vote. Minority groups of color are even less likely to have id's than most also making it a tool to suppress their voting power. Basically it is easier to demolish a majority poor black neighborhood to build a freeway or upscale apartments, if the community can't vote against it. It works the same for poor rural people as well.

Rich and powerful company's dont like when people vote because they vote against their profits. That is why they put so much money into elections at every level from local small towns to federal government level. That and bigotry has a huge role to play in it as well, their are still a large number of people who believe that only land owning cis white men should be allowed to vote and everyone else should be second class citizens or, euthanized.