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[โ€“] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand why this is a contentious issue. You're required as an adult to have ID on you when you're out in public. You have to show ID to buy cigarettes, or beer, or a car, or a gun, why wouldn't you show ID when you vote? It's not like it's hard, since you'll have it on you already. Granted, mail-in ballots are a way better system anyways, so they shouldn't even be doing in-person voting, but what's the argument against IDs?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

You're required as an adult to have ID on you when you're out in public

That is not accurate.

The argument is that voting is your right, and anything that adds friction is inherently biased. Sometimes, things seem like common sense but are only brought up because it would disproportionately affect certain segments of the population.

Your love for mail in voting is actually an example of making voting more accessible while increasing potential for fraud.