[The Post Millennial] Harris, who has been tasked by the Biden administration with handling voting rights issues, spoke to BET about voter ID laws. This requirement would be just too much for American voters, she said, because they would have to "photocopy" their IDs."I don't think that we should underestimate what that could mean," Harris told BET. "Because in some people's minds, that means well, you're going to have to Xerox or photocopy your ID to send it in to prove that you are who you are."
"Well," she continued, "there are a whole lot of people, especially people who live in rural communities—there's no Kinkos, there's no Office Max near them. People have to to understand that when we're talking about voter ID laws, be clear of who you have in mind and what would be required of them to prove who they are."
"Of course people have to prove who they are," she said, "but not in a way that makes it almost impossible for them to prove who they are."
Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado shot back, saying: "I live in a rural community and I am perfectly capable of operating a copying machine, Kamala."
Well, sure! But you gotta find one first!
| At Kinkos the staff will make the copies for you, if you ask. Even at the public library, if you look helpless enough. But why would I go to Kinko or the public library and pay to use a copy machine when I can use the scan and print functions on my computer printer at home? |