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It'd solve a lot of problems and we're (in the US) already living with most of the down-sides of one but without any of the benefits; however, it's a somewhat u
by moshmosh 5y ago
It'd solve a lot of problems and we're (in the US) already living with most of the down-sides of one but without any of the benefits; however, it's a somewhat unpopular idea among Democrats and a very unpopular idea among Republicans. Without a major shift, it's not gonna happen.
- iammisc 5y agoCan you cite a source about republicans not wanting state IDs? The data would seem to contradict you.
- jsight 5y agoI feel like Republicans push back against the idea of one being compulsory. Its a strange state of affairs for sure.
- throwaway3699 5y agoRepublicans want voter ID, but they don't want to mandate IDs that must be carried. Democrats seem to stand for the inverse.
- moshmosh 5y agoWe already have state IDs. Talk about making them mandatory and provided, automatically, for free and useful for the things a national ID is useful for (replacing our widespread and awful use of Social Security numbers as a de facto personal ID for interactions with business and government, for example) and you start to run into resistance in a hurry. They do tend to favor adding ID requirements to voting, though, yes.