politics

Can someone explain to me why requiring an ID for voting in the US is such a controversial topic? Coming from France, it's inconceivable that someone could vote without justifying officially who they are first. I think most countries with ID systems work like that for voting, no? 🤷‍♂️

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you have to claim to be that person, which is committing VOTER fraud, a specific severe fraud for...what. what's the payout your vote counts twice maybe ? it's not worth it...so since it's not happening at any scale, requiring ID only serves to remove people's ability to vote, seems pointless and undemocratic.

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Voting fraud is historically a thing, there are countless examples of elections being rigged because of that across the world. Not sure what point you are trying to make here. Being a citizen of the country is a requirement for voting in any country. Being able to prove that seems like a basic requirement 🤷‍♂️

you asked why it was controversial and the answer is because it's unnecessary, it's a waste of time and money, it prevents legitimate votes etc. if there was evidence of any voter fraud problems at all it would make more sense but in reality as is, it would be a net negative for our democratic process. reality>theory

It's not an arbitrary rule, it's the basis of ID control. For an instance that defines the country's future. I believe the stakes are high enough to enforce such a basic requirement. The "such a basic requirement" argument of course only stands if you already have a proper ID system in place, which from my various interaction on this topic, seems to not be the case in the US...

nah look we had a whole big hoopla about it here, the texas Lt governor even offered $25,000 for proof of each example and after a year there was 1 claim. so what's more important making sure your population can vote in a democracy or arbitrary rules based on feelings and boogymen telling you the other side is cheating