Re:16M Americans will vote on hackable paperless machines
by rectang on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @05:50PM
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I would accept those sets of problems if the voter ID serves as voter registration.
Re:16M Americans will vote on hackable paperless machines
by ghaff on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @05:56PM
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I would assume that if someone went to the trouble of getting an ID primarily just for voting, also registering wouldn't be a big burden.
Re:16M Americans will vote on hackable paperless machines
by rectang on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:17PM
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Yeah, but the crux is making it impossible to rescind that registration a la voter purges!
Re:16M Americans will vote on hackable paperless machines
by sgc on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:49PM
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But it is an easy fix. I agree that there should be universal voter registration, and see no reason why we can't issue voter registration cards with a photo on them, which then serve as a valid form of identification for whatever information we choose to make publicly available on them.
Sure.
>and mandatory for all citizens
And what are the consequences if you don't get this now mandatory (federal?) ID? Presumably some sort of passport card like thing that doesn't actually let you travel across borders. What if you don't have the documentation you need? What if you don't have the time to go to the offices that provide these IDs?
For a lot of people, the cost of getting the Equivalent ID to a driver's license isn't the big issue. All the other things are.