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Re:California ghost-gun bill wants 3D printers to play cop, ... by 15155 on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @04:17PM (#47770915)
I've always felt if you really want to impact election fraud, tax the hell out of votes. Like $1,000/vote. For those who believe in democracy, a handful of votes over a lifetime is all you need, and ideally the right candidate wins anyway.

Could probably create exceptions for local elections, so you can still participate in your community.

Tricky part would be general elections, but restricting such a tax to federal races is probably an 80% solution.

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Re:California ghost-gun bill wants 3D printers to play cop, ... by bdcravens on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @04:56PM (#47771405)
Difference being that if you need ammo, you're already paying for it.
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Re:California ghost-gun bill wants 3D printers to play cop, ... by xienze on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @04:22PM (#47770972)
> I've always felt if you really want to impact election fraud, tax the hell out of votes. Like $1,000/vote.

You don’t even have to go that far. $10 and a trip to the DMV is apparently an insurmountable barrier.

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Re:California ghost-gun bill wants 3D printers to play cop, ... by bdcravens on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @04:59PM (#47771445)
States that already have a voter ID law haven't had any issues. The bigger objections are to those who say that the ID you can use to drive, board an airplane, buy ammo, etc, aren't good enough for voting.
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Re:California ghost-gun bill wants 3D printers to play cop, ... by mothballed on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @05:22PM (#47771700)
The states aren't very logically consistent on ID laws. Illinois requires an FOID to bear arms but not an ID to vote. Arizona requires an ID to vote but not one to bear arms. Vermont is probably the most consistent non-ID state, not requiring an ID to vote and also not requiring an ID even to conceal carry a gun.

I can sort of buy the ID argument from places like Vermont but the arguments in many/most states are just complete bullshit where they've worked backwards to rationalize it and that's why there is no consistency for ID gating of rights within even the same state.

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