re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It also works well in urban centers where people are too busy working on a weekday to take time to get to polls and wait in line while election officers meticulously check voter ID and cause delays.

(a feature, not a bug)

Germany votes on a Sunday. And since everyone already has a registered address (which means you are automatically registered to vote) and a mandatory ID, there is no question of voter fraud, you show up, present your ID and they cross your name off the list.

I know that I am a voice in the wilderness, but introducing a mandatory national ID (one for citizens and one for legal resident aliens) would go a long way to solving a lot of issues and be cheaper and more effective than building and maintaining a border fence…

But a border fence, armed guards, and uncertain ID that allow you to check papers and hold people indefinitely are all (desired) features, not bugs.