Everyone should have a federally-issued ID, as in Europe. And everyone should be automatically registered to vote at 18. End of story.
The second sentence applies, but you should only have an ID if you want one (though it should be made easy, free, and convenient to get), and universal registration should not equal mandatory voting.
I've had it be argued to me before that we have mandatory voting... that would be terrible, and whomever is atop the ballot would have a nonsensical advantage, because those who don't care would just go in and choose quickly - the top probably being the most likely choice.
We have mandatory voting and analysts estimate the bonus for the first list (i.e. the first one from the left of the ballot) to be under .5%.
Everyone should have a federally-issued ID, as in Europe. And everyone should be automatically registered to vote at 18. End of story.
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