• dhork@lemmy.world
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    I think it’s insane that proof of citizenship isn’t a requirement

    If a citizen loses their passport or birth certificate, should they be disenfranchised?

    and that states aren’t mandated to give IDs to their citizens

    The extreme Christians would never go for that, because they equate it to the Mark of the Beast in the Bible. I’m not joking.

    https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/just-time-independence-day-renewed-call-national-id-card

    This isn’t a partisan issue. In 1981, at the outset of the Reagan administration, then-Attorney General William French Smith argued that a national worker ID would be necessary to stop illegal immigration. At a cabinet meeting another member jokingly suggested that it would be easier simply to tattoo an identification number on everyone. President Reagan then exclaimed, “My God! That’s the mark of the beast,” effectively ending the Reagan administration’s discussion of a national ID system.

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      Most US citizens do not have a passport and I’m sure a large number have lost their birth certificate.

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      Speaking as a European here, just seems ridiculous to me, sorry for any misunderstandings, but y’all should have mandatory IDs and just use census data for voter registration