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> The only reason to be against voter ID is to make fraud easier. You have little imagination. Just because someone claims some new law protects the integrity
by tasty_freeze 4y ago
> The only reason to be against voter ID is to make fraud easier.
You have little imagination. Just because someone claims some new law protects the integrity of the vote doesn't mean that is the actual intent. Frequently it is just a pretext for differentially shaving off a percent or two of the "wrong" types of voters.
For decades conservatives have been alleging widespread voter fraud by democrats. I can't count the number of times I've heard about dead people being on the voter rolls. Yes, when my dad died of stroke, getting his name removed from the voter registry was item #496 on my list of things to do.
After the 2016 election Trump alleged 3M+ illegal votes. He formed a committee to investigate it, headed by Kris Kobach, who has a history of making such claims despite not showing anything. Despite having the full power and resources of the federal government at his disposal, the committee turned up nothing.
Election fraud is a real concern, and none of the recent laws address that. Voter fraud is on the order of 1:100,000 to 1:1,000,000.
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