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Re:Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) by godshatter on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @11:56AM (#18392691)
Some schools allow undocumented immigrants to enroll, giving them a student ID in the process. I'm not sure what a "state-issued student ID" is, but if it refers to getting a student ID from a state land grant institution I wouldn't be surprised if there are some that allow undocumented immigrants to enroll.

I have nothing at all against allowing undocumented immigrants into our schools, but they probably shouldn't be voting.

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Re:Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) by mikeash on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:19PM (#18393495)
Some places allow them to get driver’s licenses too, but they’re still valid ID.

Edit: it occurs to me that illegal immigration is just going to confuse this issue. Legal immigrants aren’t allowed to vote either, but they can get all sorts of state issued ID. The purpose of voter ID is (or should be) to verify identity, not citizenship. That should be done separately and doesn’t need to be done on Election Day.

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