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Re:A Bloomberg reporter’s account of trying to get back his ... by toomuchtodo on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:12AM (#20676118)
Yes, I agree entirely. Which is why the cost must be driven down for obtaining a national ID card, and you should be able to obtain one as easily as going to to a DMV. Someone in this thread suggesting using the postal service for such a task, which I would be in favor of with adequate controls in place for safeguarding the PII of citizens.

> One other aside is that driver's licenses are a remarkably bad identification document.

This is changing with REAL ID; all states are either compliant with new ID issuance and doc standards or have received an extension. https://www.dhs.gov/real-id

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Re:A Bloomberg reporter’s account of trying to get back his ... by rtkwe on Monday August 12, 2019 @01:21PM (#20677594)
Yeah the only way I'd ever say election ID laws were ok and no discriminatory attempts to shape the electorate would be if it were accompanied by a) a massive expensive push to ensure everyone had and ID (mobile DMVs going and registering people who can't get out to an office, free licenses, etc) and automatic voter registration (because if you're going to say everyone needs to have this to vote I damn well be able to vote with just the ID).
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