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TGLT
Aug 14, 2009

computer parts posted:

That's why they require something with your address, so they can confirm it's Jim Smith of 30th street and not Jim Smith of 105th street. Even back in the day a reasonable form of ID was a power bill with your name and address on it.

Of course you could do a partnership with the university so their ID can translate to something the pollster has but that's such a big :can: I'm not surprised that it hasn't been suggested (even voter suppression reasons aside).

Actually that's not true at all, at least in some states like Texas.

votetexas.gov posted:

9. Does the address on my photo identification have to match my address on the official list of registered voters at the time of voting?

The new requirement makes no determination on voter address matching criteria; therefore, there is no address matching requirement.

Address only matters for registering, again at least here in Texas. The ID is just to prove you are who you say you are.

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TGLT
Aug 14, 2009

computer parts posted:

Is that why the pollster asked me what my current home address is? I thought it was kind of weird but that makes sense.

Probably, yeah. And/or your pollster was in fact Freddy Kruger and you should never sleep again.

The fact that there's no address requirements for the ID makes it pretty clear that they're excluding universities, even public ones, because university students tend to vote left and might not have cars. Not that the whole voter ID thing isn't just a complete loving farce to begin with, given that you have to prove you're who you say you are when you're registering in the first place.

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