voter id is an issue being pushed in many states (it shut down the tx legislature for a few days just this past session), and it is being covered by the media.
the problem with mandating voter id in order to vote is the use of that requirement to exclude eligible voters from voting.
how does a social security card prevent voter fraud? it doesn't.
likewise requiring a photo id limits citizens who don't drive (for instance) from exercising their right to vote.
from the article: "Justice Department officials said the citizenship match through driver's license and Social Security data has flagged 7,007 individuals as non-citizens but that many have been shown to be in error.
"Thousands of citizens who are in fact eligible to vote under Georgia law have been flagged," the Justice Department letter said."
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