The statistics just don't back this up. Plenty of, predominantly poor, people don't have driver's licenses. And that's typically the only ID people have. Also, poorer people may work under the table or deal in cash.
Link the stats please. There are ID types other than driver's licenses. In fact, the DMVs around the country issue non-driver IDs that are every bit as good as driver licenses as IDs.
Many Americans do not have ID. I don't know why that's so controversial to say.
You don't need an ID to get a job, or rent, or do much of anything. Typically, a bill + address suffices.
You're correct SOME states offer ID that IS NOT a Driver's License. However, there's no reason to get this - why would you? Again, you don't need it for anything so why bother?
Thank you for providing the data to back up my original unsourced claim.
America is a very diverse nation, and people live very different lives across the country. Yet all of them have a right to vote. I would expect that 99+% of people on this site have government-issued IDs, but we in the 1% of technical expertise here.
Listen to the stories of people who were affected by the Hurricane in western North Carolina last week and you can start to understand how different some people's lives are.
