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   TJ of the Side-Eye (tj@noauthority.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Oct-2024 23:38:40 JST TJ of the Side-Eye

   Picture ID is required to vote in North Carolina. According to the mailer I received from the State Board of Elections, if I don't have the money or paperwork for official ID, I can pop over to their office, give them my name, and they'll give me picture ID suitable for voting. No paperwork required.

   So really, the BoE is undermining the law. I could pop into several offices, give a local address and some name, and get free, local IDs that I could then take voting in multiple precincts.

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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Oct-2024 23:38:40 JST djsumdog

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     It's kinda always been like that though. I remember having to get a new SSN card in the early 2000s and it involved answering a bunch of questions. You can use that to get a license. There has to be a circular loop in there somewhere because if you have a house fire, and all your documents were in your house, you need to somehow establish identity documents.
     
     The big danger I see coming is the push for Digital/Biometric ID. The voting and immigration situation will cause people on the right to start clamoring for biometrics, when basic plastic IDs and better procedures around them would be just as good.