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> the common suggestion that IDing people be stripped altogether just sounds bizarre to me Works for us in NZ. I can imagine that it wouldn't in the US though

by elyobo 8y ago

> the common suggestion that IDing people be stripped altogether just sounds bizarre to me Works for us in NZ. I can imagine that it wouldn't in the US though; I imagine both Dems and Repubs would immediately start bulk scale cheating, justifying it on the basis that the others would be doing it... So yeah, making it very easy to obtain and ID seems like a sound compromise.

mikeash 8y ago
A lot of the US already allows voting without ID, and it used to be that way everywhere. There is essentially no cheating that ID requirements would prevent. The numbers are literally single digits per year. (Absolute numbers of fraudulent votes, not percentages.)