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Originally Posted by peter12
Requiring photo id seems like pretty basic criteria for allowing someone to cast a vote.
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Provided the state has the obligation to provide the ID for free with absolutely no barriers, you want photo ID you call the goverment and they send a guy over who interviews you, takes what ID you have and prints out the photo ID there and then.
The right to vote is the single foundation of democracy, has functioned without issue for long before photos existed, if the state wishes to place conditions on how a citizen votes it has an absolute moral obligation to make sure no citizen is denied their basic right to enfranchisement.
Personally I think the states should be on the hook financially, if someone ends up not being able to vote when they should be able to the state should owe them thirty grand or so