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BREAKING: Apartheid tool has thoughts on how voting ought to work.

@ct_bergstrom A very American POV, this. In my country IDs are required because unscrupulous parties will send ghost/fake votes or people will vote multiple times to bump up a certain politician. In some countries it is VERY necessary and needed.

Ps: no more @ please 😂 I have enough info about US voting systems to last a lifetime now. I apologise for my hasty fingers and wish for a good election for you folks - peace ✌️

@ct_bergstrom point taken. Why are ids such a bad idea, however, especially since there are bad actors around?

@liztai @ct_bergstrom You got inundated with responses, but I think a root reason nobody said is votes are considered low value, but the penalty for voter fraud is a felony.

Put another way, >60% of voters don’t vote most elections. But getting caught stealing someone’s vote can be years in prison.

Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

@birwin NGL i regret opening this can of worms hahaha
I blame my impulsive fingers
@ct_bergstrom