Do you need an ID for everything except voting? | Man on the Street | PragerU

Hey guys, Franklin Camargo here with a new man on the street. Today we're at Santa Monica to ask a very simple question. Should you have to show a photo ID to vote in elections? Let's hear what people think. Do you think people should have to show a photo ID to vote? No. No, I think if you're a registered voter and then they confirm your identity as is. Currently I think that's enough. I think the process works beautifully. No. Why? It's their right. Once your name's down on the thing, they should just trust that you're telling them who you are and you sign your name and you vote. Do you think only US citizens should vote in elections? Yeah, I would say so. Everyone should, if you live in the USA. If you've got a resident status, I suppose. But yeah, you can't just be a foreigner like I couldn't come and vote in your elections. You need to be able to prove who you are to do certain things, but I don't think... Not to vote? What, to vote? No. What would prevent you in a system like that to just go in an election and pretend to be an American citizen? It could happen, I suppose. There is a possibility that you could do that, but how much would it happen and how much would it affect an election? We don't really know because we don't verify. Some people argue that by requiring a photo ID to vote, some demographic groups are going to be affected the most. Do you agree with that? Yes, I think so. Yeah, I think anyone who is maybe lower income, I think people that immigrated here, maybe they don't have access to their birth certificate. No, I don't know that I agree with that. Because it doesn't take much to understand why having an ID is important. 76% of black Americans and 82% of Hispanics would agree with having a photo ID to vote. I mean, that's great that a large proportion of them are in favor of it, but for me, I'm still... My thing is, if you're an eligible voter and you get disenfranchised, I think that's an awful thing. To me, I'd rather someone who wasn't supposed to vote gets their vote than an eligible voter gets their right denied. The whole point of having elections is to elect and to choose a sovereign government. How can a government be sovereign if non-citizens are voting? I don't know. I don't know. I'm a Canadian citizen and I should vote in Canada, even though I live here. You have to show a photo ID in Canada in order to vote. Yeah, you do. So this is not even a debate in Canada? No. So if, let's say, Americans move to Mexico because they want to elect a right-wing government in Mexico, would you be okay with that too? Sure. Yeah. Do you think it should be required to show a photo ID to buy a gun? Yeah, it sounds reasonable given all the massive gun violence. But once again, I think if we want to have requirements like this in front of voting or gun rights, I think the government should make it as easy as possible for citizens to have the ID that the government wants to see. The question would be, you know, I have to show my photo ID to buy a gun. I have to show a photo ID to board a plane. The other day I went to Walmart to change my car's oil. I had to show a photo ID. Do you think we should have to show a photo ID to apply for a job, buy alcohol? Well, I mean, there's a legal age of drinking that's under the law. The only way to prove that really is with an ID. There is also a legal age of voting or a legal status. So you can vote in elections. This is true. This is true. If you wanted to board a plane in Australia, would you have to show an ID? Oh, yeah, of course. When you buy a ticket and prove that that's who you are, yeah. And not to vote? No, when we go to vote, no, we just say our name and we vote. One's like the direct security of individuals and the other one is ensuring that we have a really diverse amount of opinions on and we get a true representation of who we want leading this country. Do you have an ID? Yeah, I do. Yes. Sure. I have a photo ID, I have a passport. Do you know anyone who doesn't have an ID and is a U.S. citizen? Not if they're a citizen. Not that I know. Some elderly family members of mine. They live out in the country and that's a far drive, it's out of their way, they're old. I have family of friends who have previously come to this country in a legal manner but since become citizens and have not been able to bring paperwork. Even though they are citizens already? Correct. But they don't have a way to prove it? But they don't have a way to prove it, right. Do you know anyone who doesn't? No, actually no. What would be the problem then to require it? What would be the problem? I mean, as far as like buying a gun or voting? Voting. Well, I mean, I don't think I particularly would want a 10 or 12 year old, you know, having a vote. So you do agree with requiring an ID to vote? Yes. At the end, the real question is, how can you have safe elections if you don't know who is voting? If you like this episode, don't forget to share, like and subscribe. See you next time. You know what guys, I think this guy right here, he has an ID, okay? He has an ID.