Post by @RnDanger@infosec.exchange

2026-02-12 23:06 UTC

@Timberwolf@theforkiverse.com @kingmoth@mastodon.social @blogdiva@mastodon.social "Can you see a reasonable mechanism where you can guarantee citizens get a single vote but foreigners or people trying to vote twice can't ?" Can't? No. Don't with any real effect? Yes. I think ideally everyone should get one vote but the system we have doesn't allow that. But it does require voters to attest their right to vote, and in some states people have been sent to prison for being confused by changes to their voting rights. So it works as well as it wants to 🫠

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@RnDanger@infosec.exchange 2026-02-12 23:10

@Timberwolf@theforkiverse.com @kingmoth@mastodon.social @blogdiva@mastodon.social A lot of people have driver's licenses but in inner city areas and among younger voters the rate usually goes down. And that ID costs time and money to get. Some states that require voting ID will give free IDs at the DMV but I've only heard bad stories about people actually trying to get one

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@Timberwolf@theforkiverse.com 2026-02-12 23:26

@RnDanger@infosec.exchange @kingmoth@mastodon.social @blogdiva@mastodon.social Yikes. That does sound quite complicated. So is it fair to say people don't object to the concept of presenting ID. It's more that there isn't a cost effective "general' form of ID and if you use what you have available then there is a non-trivial risk associated with it ? For a country where freedom is front and center it seems more challenging than I would have anticipated.

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