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Originally Posted by KSig RC
Anything that sidesteps the need for fees almost invariably allows potential fraud just as easily as the current system.
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Pardon the super-douchey "quoting myself" bit ...
To explain a little further: if our claim is that there is no connection between ID fees and voting because you can provide non-ID documentation (that is free), then you've also just:
-Allowed somebody to steal a utility bill and use that to vote in the place of another.
-Created a cottage industry for anything reasonably resembling a birth certificate (I have two copies of mine, and one is so worn that there is no longer any sort of embossing/notarization).
-Check stubs? Anybody with a laptop and perforated paper can go to town.
So what on Earth does this sort of law actually DO? What is the purpose, other than weeding out lazy voters?
Are people really ready to argue that those who commit voter fraud are somehow even more lazy, and thus will be turned away in even bigger numbers? That seems insane on its face...
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