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Re:16M Americans will vote on hackable paperless machines by mffnbs on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @03:45PM (#20760898)
The US does not have a law requiring you to have an id. Requiring people to have one is making the assumption that every person in the US can afford the time and money to obtain one, as well as the physical ability to do so.

If you cannot make this assumption, then you are actively disenfranchising people.

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Re:16M Americans will vote on hackable paperless machines by tooop on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @04:01PM (#20761071)
Sounds a bit backwards when one of the most powerful countries in the world cannot afford to issue its poor citizens passports...
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Re:16M Americans will vote on hackable paperless machines by mffnbs on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @05:04PM (#20761823)
We can afford to do that, easily. Can we achieve it politically? No. Is it worth doing? No.

You can achieve the same result by not requiring an id to vote.

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