On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, J. van Baardwijk wrote:
> At 09:29 13-11-00 -0800, Darryl Shannon wrote:
>
> >I agree with Jeroen that national ballots are extremely unlikely to be
> >accepted. There is too much suspicion of the Feds for this to happen.
> >But his suggestion that a voter must show ID won't work either.
> >Requiring ID would be seen as an attempt to intimidate minority voters,
> >with perhaps good reason given the history of some regions.
>
> Why would requiring ID be seen as an attempt to intimidate minority voters?
>
I'm not sure I understand either. Down here in Texas (and y'all know all
about how wonderful everything is in Texas, because GW says it's so)
voters are required to bring a copy of their registration card and
driver's licence/ID card to the voting booth. The vote itself is
anonymous, but you have to prove who you are before you get to cast a
ballot.
The only people I know of intimidated by this process are a few
cryptoanarchist friends, but they don't believe in democracy anyway and
don't bother to vote. <g>
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
