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Re:The Library Card Project: The Ease of Forming Anonymous C... by fastball on Friday July 26, 2019 @08:22PM (#20539488)
In [current year], arguably every US citizen should have some form of photo ID. It's pretty useful for a lot more than just voting. For example, more and more banks / financial institutions are using automated systems + a picture of your photo ID in order to confirm your identity when opening up a bank account, etc.

Seems like we should focus on making sure poor/minorities have easy/free access to IDs, rather than keeping the voting process lax.

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Re:The Library Card Project: The Ease of Forming Anonymous C... by anigbrowl on Friday July 26, 2019 @10:21PM (#20539995)
The proponents of voter ID always want to put the requirement in place first but not the resources to make it happen. Until that changes, I am deaf to their 'concern'.
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Re:The Library Card Project: The Ease of Forming Anonymous C... by TheCoelacanth on Friday July 26, 2019 @09:12PM (#20539741)
Great, do that, then require an ID to vote. The other way around is taking away peoples' fundamental rights.
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Re:The Library Card Project: The Ease of Forming Anonymous C... by fastball on Saturday July 27, 2019 @01:10AM (#20540499)
Why not both at the same time?
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