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[–]MatthewofHouseGray 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I'll have no problems with "voter ID's" as long as the people are automatically registered at 18 and these cards are automatically handed out too them as well.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

A mandatory national ID program? That is used to track people in all aspects. Countries with that in use make citizens present it for everything they do.

[–]thoughtcriminal 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

We already have that, it's called a social security number.

[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I should have been more clear. I'm not talking about a SSN. I'm talking about compulsory national identity cards. These tend to get abused by governments for tracking every aspect of your life, not just interactions with government agencies. Here's a short article on the pro's and con's.

https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1133/national-identification-cards