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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elections need to _look_ secure, as well as to actually _be_ secure.  Many would feel more comfortable in accepting election outcomes if minimal efforts were made to provide for election security.  Requiring identification from voters is one such step that could be taken.  It makes sense to me.

It is my understanding that very few people do not have some form of government-issued identification.  As noted above, it is virtually necessary for one to exist in modern society.  That said, we should provide valid voter identification cards for free to those who do not have some other form of government-issued identification and give those people some time to obtain such identification before it is actually required.

What would be the objection to this?[/quote]

Because this is political theater. The whole POINT is to stop poor people and the disenfranchised from voting.[/quote]

That must be why essentially everywhere else on earth you need an ID but in the US it is just -so- hard to get an ID that it can't be managed.

They require an ID to vote in Afghanistan.   Think about that.

Think about how insane you sound to normal, functioning people when you say that needing to have an ID is "voter suppression."

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And they're not required in the UK, Australia, or Denmark, countries we're much more like than Afghanistan.[/quote]

Not quite accurate.

United Kingdom[edit]
Photographic identification is mandatory to vote in elections in Northern Ireland.[29]

Before any election all eligible voters are sent a poll card by their local authority, but it is not a requirement to be in possession of a poll card to vote.[30] Voters are asked to give their name and address at the polling station. Also in order to be registered, voters are required to provide their National Insurance number.[31]

A voter ID trial was held for the 2018 United Kingdom local elections by the national Conservative government. Voters in 5 local authorities in England (Bromley, Gosport, Swindon, Watford and Woking) were required to show ID before voting.

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