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IdiotMachine
11/02/22 8:44:59 PM
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Why cant you just go vote with an ID check?

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__aCEr__
11/02/22 8:46:38 PM
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It benefits those in power to have the process be complicated.

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Questionmarktarius
11/02/22 8:51:43 PM
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Jury duty
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Sufferedphoneix
11/02/22 9:08:20 PM
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__aCEr__ posted...
It benefits those in power to have the process be complicated.

I've had background checks get fucked up after showing them my Id and giving my social security number.

So idk. Didnt people bitch about the idea of having to show ID to vote too?

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metralo
11/02/22 9:09:31 PM
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Voter supression is the only way the right can win, so thats how it goes.

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Sariana21
11/02/22 9:31:04 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Jury duty
This. And to establish your place of residence.

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Trumble
11/02/22 9:34:46 PM
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Having an ID doesn't generally prove any factor (other than the age requirement) of eligibility to vote. While it does prove identity, that would then have to be matched by other means to eligibility factors. Hardly practical to do that in real-time at a voting station for every single person who comes in, especially in places like the US which only give a single day window to vote.

Or to put it a different way: The registration process is where "Bob McBobface is eligible to vote" is checked. The ID simply proves that the person claiming to be Bob McBobface, really is Bob McBobface.

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Sufferedphoneix
11/02/22 10:15:52 PM
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Trumble posted...
Having an ID doesn't generally prove any factor (other than the age requirement) of eligibility to vote. While it does prove identity, that would then have to be matched by other means to eligibility factors. Hardly practical to do that in real-time at a voting station for every single person who comes in, especially in places like the US which only give a single day window to vote.

Or to put it a different way: The registration process is where "Bob McBobface is eligible to vote" is checked. The ID simply proves that the person claiming to be Bob McBobface, really is Bob McBobface.

Yeah for example felons can't vote. Unless that's changed. Which I'm iffy on. There are definitely some people that's proven they shouldn't get a say in matters like who's running the country but simply being a felon doesn't mean that.

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Complete_Idi0t
11/02/22 10:20:44 PM
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How do they know where to mail the ballots to if you aren't registered?
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