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Originally Posted by radioflyertoo
Personally I think we already have a national ID even though it's not stated as such - you SS. number. If you look at it, the number is used for just about everything. Where I work it WAS used as your employee #, most medical plans use it as ID, It can be used in Mass. (unless it was changed since I lived there) as the drive license #, it's your taxpayer ID number, credit report ID, etc.
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True enough. It's just not attached to any biometric or other ID data, to prove the number is yours (one of the reasons for SS fraud). If it was attached to a national ID card, along with established rights and restrictions (right to drive, right to vote, registration in selective service, that kind of thing), and verifiable photo or biometric data, it would do the job.
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Originally Posted by radioflyertoo
The town I live in now in PA issues you a ballot with and ID # that is not recorded when they check off your vote. You retain a stub with that ID # on it as proof of ballot - I think something of that nature could be used,maybe a receipt printed from the voting machine ala ATM with a ID # and how you voted in case a check was needed.
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I was given nothing for me to keep, and prove after the fact how I voted (or even that I did), other than an "I voted" sticker. The paper receipt for my ballot was kept with the machine on which I voted, using an electronic card, and the card (which I believe uses an RFD chip that could be erased with a powerful-enough EM signal) went into a cardboard box. I see this as a very non-verifiable system that desperately needs updating.