'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID to Vote?'
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Re: 'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID to Vote?'
#2I don't know what the fuck makes me more sick:
1) that in the US, an electricity bill is sufficient for voting ID purposes (WTF)
or 2) that the US don't have mandatory ID cards. Even our new German ID cards only cost €20 apiece, and if you're too poor you can get benefits. Hello, ID fraud.
Re: 'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID to Vote?'
#3Citing the War on (selected) Drugs to justify the War on Democracy! Yay!
Re: 'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID to Vote?'
#4I don't know what the fuck makes me more sick: 1) that in the US, an electricity bill is sufficient for voting ID purposes (WTF) or 2) that the US don't have mandatory ID cards. Even our new German ID cards only cost €20 apiece, and if you're too poor you can get benefits. Hello, ID fraud.
I don't know if it differs from state to state or even possibly county to county, but I got my first ID (in Florida), recently and it was 36 dollars and some change, so not to far off
Re: 'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID to Vote?'
#5It is interesting how USA is portrayed as a leading country.
Amongst things, What is the point of having to register to vote.
All the fucked up bureaucracy that USA has reminds me more of a dictatorship than a democracy.
Re: 'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID to Vote?'
#6I don't know what the fuck makes me more sick: 1) that in the US, an electricity bill is sufficient for voting ID purposes (WTF) or 2) that the US don't have mandatory ID cards. Even our new German ID cards only cost €20 apiece, and if you're too poor you can get benefits. Hello, ID fraud.
I'd argue Germany is ahead democracy-wise than even our most progressive US states.
Re: 'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID to Vote?'
#7It is interesting how USA is portrayed as a leading country. Amongst things, What is the point of having to register to vote. All the fucked up bureaucracy that USA has reminds me more of a dictatorship than a democracy.
one person = one vote, so you need to track who voted. I don't think the way we do it is necessarily effective, but that's the justification.
Your other comments are probably justified though.
Re: 'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID to Vote?'
#8Any electoral fraud that relies on having bunches of people vote multiple times necessarily relies on there being a conspiracy of >100 people in order for it to be effective (this is the only kind of fraud that can be prevented by demanding that voters produce photo ID).
But if a conspiracy is required, then why not address that directly? Offer a $500,000 reward and immunity to any one who provides information about a conspiracy that could have changed the result of an election. Voila: no more "voter fraud".
Re: 'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID to Vote?'
#9I don't know what the fuck makes me more sick: 1) that in the US, an electricity bill is sufficient for voting ID purposes (WTF) or 2) that the US don't have mandatory ID cards. Even our new German ID cards only cost €20 apiece, and if you're too poor you can get benefits. Hello, ID fraud.
I was given a national ID card, it's call a social security card. That is my unique identifying number as an American.
Re: 'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID to Vote?'
#10I don't know what the fuck makes me more sick: 1) that in the US, an electricity bill is sufficient for voting ID purposes (WTF) or 2) that the US don't have mandatory ID cards. Even our new German ID cards only cost €20 apiece, and if you're too poor you can get benefits. Hello, ID fraud.
I was given a national ID card, it's call a social security card. That is my unique identifying number as an American.
SSNs are not mandatory.