@alyx
My short answer to voter ID has always been: If people can't vote because they can't access ID, then fix *that* problem! By solving the underlying problem, and getting people access to identification, you'll likely also be removing a whole bunch of roadblocks from their life at the same time.
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@TonyStark @djsumdog @PixxburghGirl @artilectzed
I just find it very interesting that *this* is the hill to die on. Anybody must be able to claim they are anybody else, present no proof, and be able to cast that person's ballot, period, end of story. Just seems off...
And again, I get it, the DMV sucks. But you're honestly trying to tell me that there's an enormous block of people who don't do *anything* in their lives that they have a legal and/or constitutional right to do, but that requires identification? You're trying to sell me on the idea that there's large groups of people just exist idly, maintain a pulse, and emerge only to vote? Horseshit.
Should forms of acceptable ID be reigned in? Yes, of course. Nobody's saying otherwise.
Should minor discrepancies on paperwork be used as excuses to turn people away? No, of course not. Nobody's saying otherwise.
Zero fraud is impossible. Nobody's expecting zero fraud. But at the same time, the terms "due diligence" and "duty of care" come to mind. The local gas station can be fined or shut down and the owners brought up on criminal charges if they sell cigarettes or alcohol to a 70 year old man who forgot his ID, but that's too much to ask for to vote?
I'm a victim of identity theft. With data available on Google, it is trivial to register to vote in my name. All of my utilities and service providers (are supposed to) demand ID out of anybody saying they're me. Why can't I expect my local pollworker to do the same?
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