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And I am all for every American having a free ID. A passport would be a perfect option, and to make that process less costly, the American passport could last for a longer period of time before expiring. In lieu of that, give everyone a driver's license equivalent and have it last for 20 years or so.
Next problem with requiring picture ID - if the voter roll doesn't also have a picture, what good does the picture ID do? So if I want to commit voter fraud, all I have to do is have 10 driver's licenses made up with people's names who I know won't vote. Easy peasy. A college ID is no less reliable than a state issued ID for just this reason. They're easy to fake and no more reliable than a voter registration card.
And by the way, I won't be voting in the next election. My current "home state" is Missouri and being one of those states that makes it hard to vote, I have to make an official ballot request, in writing, have it mailed to me (I don't have a mail box of any sort), fill it in, have it stamped by a notary (an expensive process) and mail it back. All of this has to happen within the window of time allotted, I think 8 weeks, and that is IF I can get the person at the election board office to respond to me, which she stopped doing some time ago because our vote was just too much work. If you live outside the US and are not active military, you are more or less unwelcome to vote. Which if my numbers are correct would help the Republicans, not the Democrats. Most of my American friends here are Texas Republicans. We don't talk politics much.
I am considering changing my home state, and may do that based on where I have contacts and is a swing state. Or they could let me vote in Missouri where my presidential and Congressional votes aren't going to mean squat.
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