On 8 January 2014 12:00, Gervase Markham <[email protected]> wrote:

> I would like someone to make a cogent case that it's entirely reasonable
> for people not to have to prove, to at least some degree, they are
> person X before they cast person X's vote.
> I agree that a voter ID law should not be used to introduce ID cards by
> the back door, and I agree that we don't need passport-level ID proofs
> to keep fraud at acceptable levels (which is what "fraud prevention"
> really does). But I'm uneasy about ORG campaigning for the idea that
> identifying a voter is who they claim to be is in no way important.


No, they're arguing that this solves a problem we don't have, and
causes a problem we don't yet have. You're reframing it as a stronger
claim, that is not actually being made.


- d.

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