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> The hysteria around double or fraudulent voting is crazy. And yet numerous other countries think it’s a worthwhile endeavor. You could probably get away wit
by xienze 8y ago
> The hysteria around double or fraudulent voting is crazy.
And yet numerous other countries think it’s a worthwhile endeavor. You could probably get away without ever locking your front door, but why would you when the added security is so easy to implement? Even Mexico has cracked this nut, I think we could too.
- untog 8y agoI think the current state of US politics all but guarantees that any attempt to implement voter ID cards would result in attempts to lower turnout. Every implementation would be done at the state level, and a bunch of states have already been seen doing anything they can to thwart turnout to the opposing party. If such an ID scheme were laid out fairly in the constitution, I think the US could do it fairly. But today? It'll never happen.
- azernik 8y agoGenerally these are countries where one of the following is true: 1. The ID in question is nationally compulsory to carry out most day-to-day tasks, and so no one is disenfranchised by having to show it. In the US, on the other hand, there are lots of people without any form of ID card 2. The country has a history of large-scale in-person voter fraud. In Mexico, both of these things happen to be the case.