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Make it so that government ID is federalized and free, with things like state drivers licenses endorsements on top of your provided ID. I don't even see a compe

Make it so that government ID is federalized and free, with things like state drivers licenses endorsements on top of your provided ID. I don't even see a compelling reason for state-specific driver licensing. Make driver qualification federal like in every other country in the world. Things become a whole lot simpler when stuff can just get tacked on to your ID, and appropriate institutions can check the status of such endorsements in a central database. > In theory, this should make both sides happy. One side will never be happy, because their entire strategy (according to leaked internal documents) is voter suppression. A reminder: there is very, very little voter fraud in the US. Most of cases of fraud that have been discovered turned out to be members of that side that is so very concerned with voter fraud.

pirate787 5y ago
Federalism-- the distribution of power to the states, and closer to the people -- is the compelling reason for state-specific drivers licensing.
- mjevans 5y ago
  We have a _national_ freeway system in the US, states get money from the government for the interstate freeway projects. I am all for a national ID (please, PLEASE end using Social Security for this), and migrating to a national standard for driving that generalizes most of the 'how to drive' and 'how signs must look'; ideally also some minimum of how roads should be designed (less enforced, more of a guide).
  - XorNot 5y ago
    > end using Social Security for this This is really key here. Practice shows 2 things: (1) a national ID is needed to operate the United States and (2) in lieu of a proper system, a much worse system is being used with ongoing catastrophic impacts to people's lives from fraud and identity theft as well as the commensurate cost to the state at every level.
  - em-bee 5y ago
    many of those signs are even standardized globally, as are driving rules. if a drivers license allows me to drive in an area, why should i have to update it, just because i changed my place of living?

pirate787 5y ago

Federalism-- the distribution of power to the states, and closer to the people -- is the compelling reason for state-specific drivers licensing.

mjevans 5y ago
We have a _national_ freeway system in the US, states get money from the government for the interstate freeway projects. I am all for a national ID (please, PLEASE end using Social Security for this), and migrating to a national standard for driving that generalizes most of the 'how to drive' and 'how signs must look'; ideally also some minimum of how roads should be designed (less enforced, more of a guide).
- XorNot 5y ago
  > end using Social Security for this This is really key here. Practice shows 2 things: (1) a national ID is needed to operate the United States and (2) in lieu of a proper system, a much worse system is being used with ongoing catastrophic impacts to people's lives from fraud and identity theft as well as the commensurate cost to the state at every level.
- em-bee 5y ago
  many of those signs are even standardized globally, as are driving rules. if a drivers license allows me to drive in an area, why should i have to update it, just because i changed my place of living?