Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), 51 years old, may have been the first consumer denied an alcoholic beverage under a new state law expanding access to canned cocktails. Previously, Pennsylvania convenience stores and grocery stores could not sell ready-to-drink beverages under a Prohibition-era law that mandated hard liquor be sold through state-run stores. Local stores could only sell beer and wine.
Shapiro forgot his ID and couldn't buy his spiked lemonade. pic.twitter.com/DTxHc3YiC6
" Stephen Caruso (@StephenJ_Caruso) September 17, 2024
Reminds me of an incident that occurred about three decades ago.
I was attending a concert at the famed Toad's Place in New Haven, CT ( www.toadsplace.com ) as I frequently did back then.
I walked in and the bouncer (likely in his early 20's, but built like a brick sh*thouse) asked my for my ID.
I said, you're kidding (at the time, I was 40+ years old). He said, "no, ID please."
So I took out my driver license and showed it to him.
His comment was, "oh."
I said, "yeah."
We both smiled about it.
It's hilarious to me that someone who no is obviously well over the legal age to purchase alcohol must show ID but requiring an ID to vote is the most horrific thing ever in spite of it having overwhelming support as a voting requirement.
#8 | Posted by BellRinger
Here you go BellRinger:
"Last year, Alabama began enforcing a controversial voter ID law that disenfranchised hundreds of otherwise eligible voters who lacked the proper documents. This month, the state plans to close 31 driver's license offices - most of them in rural, impoverished, majority-black counties - making it even harder for residents to get the most common form of ID used to vote." archive.thinkprogress.org
That was always the plan. Institute voter ID, knowing that it is poor people who tend to vote Dem that will lack that ID. Then make it difficult for those poor people to obtain ID without taking day(s) off from work (which most of them cannot afford to do, even assuming their employer let them do so).
It you're genuinely curious as to the goal and impact of voter ID laws, and not just repeating MAGAt talking points: "A Dead-Simple Algorithm Reveals the True Toll of Voter ID Laws Critics of voter ID laws have had a difficult time proving their menace in court. A new algorithm could change that." www.wired.com
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