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Originally Posted by Paul M
Thats nice for you, but you dont speak for everyone.
None of those require a photo id.
I dont see why should I have to specially dig my passport out just to vote, its OTT.
(And what if you dont have one, up until about 10 years ago I didnt).
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I agree with this I think.
A lot of people don't have driving licences or passports. There are some issues with voting but we should always err on the side of caution when it comes to restricting the ability to vote, even for something as innocuous as requiring 'some form' of ID. We don't want to create the situation they have in the US where there are seemingly many obstacles for people to vote in certain states.
The danger would be if a lot of people simply don't know about this change and get turned away. We've done a good job with voting in this country, it's mostly accessible, simple and resistant to mass fraud. We don't want to create a problem disenfranchisement, to solve a problem which doesn't really exist.