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applegrove

(118,682 posts) Sat Jul 7, 2012, 11:33 PM Jul 2012

Maybe biometric identity data will put an end to Republican voter purges. After all if an iris scan

or fingerprint is all you need to vote, the poor will be on equal footing with those who can afford ID, unlike today.

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Maybe biometric identity data will put an end to Republican voter purges. After all if an iris scan (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2012 OP

He/she votes for Democrats, JoeyT Jul 2012 #1

I agree, but... pwhtckll Jul 2012 #2

I hope so. JoeyT Jul 2012 #4

Sometimes a healthy dose of cynicism keeps everyone grounded in reality pwhtckll Jul 2012 #5

+1,000! Zalatix Jul 2012 #7

It would certainly doom libertarians! Fearless Jul 2012 #3

And civil liberties in general. Zalatix Jul 2012 #6

... Fearless Jul 2012 #8

Bah, tricked again. Zalatix Jul 2012 #9

Aww Fearless Jul 2012 #10

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)

1. He/she votes for Democrats,

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Jul 8, 2012, 12:14 AM

Jul 2012

time to change a number in the stored data so the machine won't recognize him/her.

I don't think it will change much. They'll either find a way to screw up the identification process or just switch to another form of cheating.

I'm not that cynical, the purgers are just that vile.

pwhtckll

(72 posts)

2. I agree, but...

Reply to JoeyT (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 8, 2012, 12:27 AM

Jul 2012

I agree that the Republicans will always try to disenfranchise the poor, minorities, students, and other traditional democratic voting blocks, but there will eventually be a point where the public won't support such efforts anymore. A national ID system, one not run by the states and is therefore less subject to party whims, would go a long way towards deflating the most common GOP lies about voter fraud. They will come up with other lies, of course, but fewer Americans will believe them.