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crazycatlady

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8. last I checked 36%

Reply to maveric (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 02:27 PM

Mar 2017

And I'm sure they're disproportionally wealthier than the rest of the Americans.

If I had $160 to throw around, I'd get a passport. But I use my drivers license for ID and birth certificate to prove citizenship. I'd also get a passport if international travel were on my radar in the near future.

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A Deplorable on another site said you should need a passport to vote. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 OP

A passport IS proof of citizenship. Aristus Mar 2017 #1

You can use a passport to vote. Maybe that's what they meant or yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #7

You should have to ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #2

Requiring people to "pass a test" in order to vote has been tried before... NurseJackie Mar 2017 #12

What percentage of Americans have passports? maveric Mar 2017 #3

last I checked 36% crazycatlady Mar 2017 #8

My Passport expires this year. maveric Mar 2017 #11

it would be an expensive voting fee. spanone Mar 2017 #4

The 1950's Texas poll tax was $1.25 Jim Beard Mar 2017 #13

that would exclude many trump voters JI7 Mar 2017 #5

That would mean that Republicans in many states wouldn't be able MineralMan Mar 2017 #6

+1 dalton99a Mar 2017 #9

Interesting, since passports are not acceptable identification in most jurisdictions. Ms. Toad Mar 2017 #10