I am not sure ideals is the right word here... but sure. You should be able to demonstrate your identity. I question requiring ID. But I am in favor of information security. In voter registrations as in anything else.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> a viable alternative might actually be an interesting conversation. >> >> But as things are right now, you do not need ID to register to vote. >> You know that, right? So the rolls do not require ID. What we're >> talking about here is whether you should need to show ID to prove you >> are *that* person who is on the list. (and also incidentally about the >> integrity of the list, but ok, let's call that a separate problem). >> >> I think you are assuming a lot of things about what I think is ok. I'm >> just telling you what is, dude. > > If there are laws preventing certain people from voting, we should > take reasonable measures to prevent them from voting. I personally > think that supplying an ID is a good way to prove that. I also can't > think any other method that would be reliable enough to be worthwhile. > > Then, separately, if the rolls are broken, that needs to be fixed too. > But bad data on the rolls is no reason to toss the ideals out on > their ear. > > -Dude > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339200 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
