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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why aren't these same people complaining about all the other things in ordinary life that require presenting ID?

How come no one is protesting showing ID to buy alcohol or cigarettes? Or prescription meds? Or to receive govt benefits?

How is it the *only* thing people get outraged about having to show ID for, is *voting*? Being required to show ID for all the other stuff is fine with them.

It really is a magical contradiction, isn't it? [/quote]

Are those things enshrined in our constitution as a right?[/quote]

Just like free speech and gun ownership has responsibilities attached to them, so does voting. [/quote]

The responsibility is to go vote.  It's not for one group of citizens to do what they can to make it harder for other citizens to vote.[/quote]

That's like saying that the responsibility of gun owners is to go shoot guns. For practice, maybe. But this is absolutely not all of their responsibility. They have a responsibility to follow gun laws, ensure the safe keeping of their guns, and to exercise all due caution in the handling of their guns.

The responsibility of a voter includes ensuring that he/she follow voting laws to remain eligible to vote. [/quote]

When someone registers to vote and votes sporadically, the state should not just remove them. It raises a barrier to re-register, particularly when the registration process is altered and is cumbersome. For example, some counties have a central registration location that may only be accessible via car. As another example, the Florida online registration system was down all weekend. How is that fair?[/quote]

Some people are also not notified that they are no longer registered.[/quote]

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