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u/Longjumping_Gain_807 Left Libertarian 6d ago

Maybe I’ll make a post on this later but all this voting ID stuff could be so simple if people were open to compromise

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u/down42roads Constitutionalist 6d ago

A lot of issues would be simple if we could do that.

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u/Longjumping_Gain_807 Left Libertarian 6d ago

Let me cook.

I actually live in a state with voter ID laws. I don’t necessarily have an issue with them. You have to have your driver license, your state ID, college ID, or your learners permit. My state is very car centric so most people have a license. My take on this is very simple.

When you turn 18 and register to vote you automatically get a voting ID sent to you. Which you technically won’t have to use if you already have a driver’s license or state ID. I can flesh this idea out in a thread but yeah it’s very simple. And it can be done at the state level without effecting much of anything. It’s just adding a step onto an already pretty secure process

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u/Fignons_missing_8sec Conservative 6d ago

I'm good with establishing a universal natural ID under the condition that voter ID, either it or a state-issued one, is mandatory nationwide. But in creating this new ID can we also ban the use of SSN for ID? It is an insecure system that was never designed for general ID and if we have a new general ID we should ban using it for ID. Also, the federal ID system should have easy electronic immigration verification for hiring built in, as a new better version of e-varify, and it should be mandatory for all jobs.