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Re:One in 10 ballots rejected in last month’s vote-by-mail e... by grecy on Monday August 10, 2020 @08:32PM (#24115931)
> Passports are expensive and time consuming to get

So the government could automatically issue every voting age person a passport, and it becomes mandatory to vote.

Doesn't seem too painful to me.

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Re:One in 10 ballots rejected in last month’s vote-by-mail e... by _-david-_ on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:44AM (#24117495)
How could they automatically issue a passport?

1. Passports requires a picture which the government does not have.

2. The government requires an up to date address to send the passport to which the government does not have.

3. The government needs an up to date list of eligible voters which it does not have.

I'm sure there are more issues but it wouldn't work and would be quite painful.

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