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More importantly, anti voter fraud laws are trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

• ZenoArrow 9y ago
  What do you mean by that statement? Are you suggesting voter fraud doesn't exist?
  • meowface 9y ago
    It exists but is (currently) so rare that most of the solutions create far more problems than the actual problem itself.
    • ZenoArrow 9y ago
      What about voting machine hacks, do they count as voter fraud? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/days-after-activists-sued-georgias-election-server-was-wiped-clean/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/days-after-activ... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/29/us_voting_machines_hacking/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/29/us_voting_machines_...
      • dredmorbius 9y ago
        I'd have to confirm, but I think most people consider "voter fraud" to be fraud conducted individually by voters. The claim that voter IDs are required is a putative measure against this. Thing is, that fraud is exceedingly expensive to conduct relative to impacts. Voting machine hacks are wholesale to voter fraud's retail, and can swing far more votes, within or across multiple states. Systemic suppression methods, including role exclusion, gerrymandering, and the like, are also similarly far more efficient.
  • digitalzombie 9y ago
    It exist but it's not statistically significant enough. It certainly doesn't warrant the huge drawbacks of disinfranchising voters.