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There are a lot of things in modern society that you need a government ID to do. If adding voting to that list is the defining feature that forces the government to make it economical for every adult to have an ID, then that is a win.

Everyone should have an ID because of how important they are for accessing government benefits, freedom of mobility, employment, etc.

If that means that getting an ID should pay you $100 instead of cost you $100 then I’m totally for that.

Again, to reiterate, I believe that getting an ID should be economically neutral at worst (which means you should be paid at least a few dollars for going through the trouble to get one) regardless of whether IDs are required to vote, but if a voting requirement is what it would take to make that happen it’s a perfect win/win.



No one opposing mandatory voter ID opposes this. But it's not what's going to happen.




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