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Re:Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) by rtpg on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @03:23AM (#18389268)
Do you need an ID with your current address to buy cigarrettes? Because you need one with your address to vote in North Dakota.

It's not just about having ID. I have loads of cards with my face and name on it. It's about the ID requirements being tailored to disenfranchise certain voters. It's public record that this is the motivation for the people making these laws! There's no debate about the motive, because people are on the record as saying it's targeted disenfranchisement!

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Re:Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) by ModernMech on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @07:56AM (#18390528)
This right here. When you are allowed to use a gun registration but not a student ID, that tells you everything you need to know about what the intended purpose is.
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Re:Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) by chrisco255 on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:13PM (#18393433)
Student IDs aren't government issued. You can get a student ID from a private school.
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Re:Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) by isoskeles on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @03:39AM (#18389327)
Maybe you could provide a link.
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Re:Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) by chrisco255 on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:12PM (#18393425)
No, it's not. It's to prevent people from voting for, say, people in nursing homes, dead people whose registrations haven't expired yet, non-citizens from registering, etc.
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