re: #199 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

There is no worry that there would ever be the political will or a majority on either Right or Left to issue all Americans with a mandatory ID card. I am just pointing out that such a practice (common in most other civilized countries) would moot the entire debate on voter ID.

My friends in China are surprised when I say Americans use drivers licenses as our ID cards. The national ID card here is required to buy train tickets and many online services. Fortunately for me, a foreign passport is also acceptable for tickets and most of those services, too.