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...but not for voting.
by gfdjghd 2mo ago
...but not for voting.
- iAMkenough 2mo agoActually, they do require digital ID checks for online voter registration. > To register online you will need to use a NY.Gov ID. If you have previously used a NY.Gov ID with another agency, you may use the same login to access the Online Voter Registration portal. https://elections.ny.gov/voter-registration-process https://elections.ny.gov/voter-registration-process
- timr 2mo agoYeah, you need it to register, but you emphatically do not to submit a ballot, which is the part that actually matters.
- iAMkenough 2mo agoYou can’t get a ballot to submit without registering, so I don’t see the big deal.
- timr 2mo agoYou can literally walk into any voting location where you know the name of a voter, and vote in their name. There is no check. How do I know this? Because every time I have ever voted in NYC, I have walked into the location, given them my name, and voted. There is no check. This is not some complex security flaw that requires great ingenuity to exploit.
- iAMkenough 2mo agoAnd what do you suppose happens next when you vote in someone else’s name at their specific voting location?
- timr 2mo agoNothing. If the next person comes in to vote after you (which is easy enough to avoid if you use active voter lists), they might issue a provisional ballot. How do they know which voter is lying? They don’t check ID, and the other ballot isn’t associated with a name. You have to be completely ideologically blinkered not to see a problem here.