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Yes… but then you have the same arguments that are used to claim Voter ID is voter suppression…

• epgui 4y ago
  Not if it's opt-in and not required to access critical services.
  • mertd 4y ago
    Then what is the value proposition?
  • lmm 4y ago
    People want to use this for critical services. I already found I couldn't contact my country's passport agency except by Twitter, for example.
• gonzo41 4y ago
  In other countries, they exist, to vote you just register with the independent voting commission, and on the day they confirm your registered address and give you the paper forms. No voter id required. The OP can verify with proper ID and be safe. The gov just needs to regulate that rather than keep copies of all the originals. They just have something like a checkbox, where you're either verified or not and a human / smart system is involved and no record is permanently kept of the docs. Anyway, I don't anticipate this feature working out for meta.
• dagmx 4y ago
  Voter ID is only suppression if access is difficult. Does it cost money? It’s a problem Is it only available in certain neighborhoods? It’s a problem. Are you unable to get it on vote day? It’s a problem. Other countries have solved this by doubling down on making voting easy to do. The problem with many attempts at voter ID in the USA is that they’re thinly veiled attempts at disenfranchisment because they purposefully don’t address the above issues.