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So, I know this is unpopular on this site, but... I'm French, and in my country, and many others, voters do need to show a formal ID to vote: a national identity card, or a passport. Driver's licenses are never used in France to identify people in their administrative tasks.

Americans should organize a similar system, because driver's licenses are easier to fake. But I understand that the timing of this White House push is suspect. However I want to remind you that if they go into effect, voting restrictions will apply equally to Republicans and Democrats, and perhaps more to Republicans, who tend to be more present in rural areas, and who might therefore not have a passport.

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I mean, it solves a non-existent problem, but ok.  The national identity card in France is free, right?

[b]I’d support a free national ID program in the US that allowed for enough time for everyone to acquire one.  So first we need the ID and the program, and then lead time for people to get one. [/b] It might take several years but I personally wouldn’t object to it.  You’d likely have to phase it in.

It does have an on effect both parties, but the data shows that it affects democrats more, which is why they are pushing it hard now, to keep the pedophiles and other criminals from seeing justice.[/quote]
But the Republicans will never agree to fund such an endeavor. That’s the gimmick to their political positions. Women shouldn’t have abortions…but we’re against policies that make child rearing more affordable. Obamacare should be abolished…but we have no alternative policies for making healthcare accessible and affordable. Mass shootings are caused by mental illness, not lax gun control…but no, we won’t fund accessible mental healthcare.[/quote]

Agreed, and the fact that they won’t just shows that they don’t care about voter ID.  They probably could have done it for the amount that we spend on this war daily.[/quote]
It shows that their goals are really 1) using unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud as a wedge issue to stir up their base and/or 2) voter suppression. They know voter fraud isn’t costing them elections, but the will of the majority of Americans would.[/quote]

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