Re:Utah voting system fending off 1B hacking attempts per day
by oxide on Sunday July 08, 2018 @12:54PM
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If the entire point is to disenfranchise a voting base, why would the entity pushing for the adoption concede these barriers?
If I am throwing a wall up, I generally don't build ladders into the wall itself.
Re:Utah voting system fending off 1B hacking attempts per day
by andrewflnr on Sunday July 08, 2018 @04:20PM
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The point is political judo. They've already advocated for ID cards, so they can't very well openly object to modifying them in a way that obviously increases freedom, at least not without tipping their hand in a more obvious way. They can't do it without cooperation, so it's possible to ensure that it can't be implemented in a disenfranchising way if the opposition wanted to, which frankly is evidence they don't.
And really, it's not an unreasonable idea. Other countries do this just fine. We just need to not mess it up.
I'm so sick of this excuse. The correct response is "... so let's not do that this time, mkay?" Specifically, make them absolutely free-as-in-beer and only require minimal time and effort to obtain (benchmark: proof of address is too much effort). You do this explicitly on the basis that voting is a universal right and requiring money for it is abhorrent, as is any other obstacle not strictly required for ensuring uniqueness.
Now you can also get rid of the half-assed national ID system comprised by our driver's licenses, state IDs, etc. And the people who want to use voter IDs to disenfranchise people have to shut up because you've addressed their supposed point.
Get it over with, already.