Couldn't the student ID use the database of the university to check if the student is a citizen or not?
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Blue wave!
actually I think if 50% of new candidates are coming from one sector - be that this sector or petrochem or banking or farming or whatever then yes it is bad in terms of representative politics - that said there are probably sectors that would be perceived as worse!
I don't think voters care about "sectors". They simply look at political affiliation and policy positions.
Dems are looking strong to take back the House, but weak in terms of retaining their Senate numbers.
Agreed, so if one sector is known to have a propensity towards specific policy positions then by your own definition voters will care.
why do folk need an ID to vote?
Its the individual politicians and their policy positions that count - not what "sector" they come from. They don't vote based on their previous jobs. There are Rs and Ds who may have done the same jobs before becoming politicians who have wildly divergent political views in Congress.
Yes that's true when broken down to a micro level. Me and probably @sun_tzu also were talking on a macro level. From this perspective the profession is a major factor to evaluate where somebody is coming from in terms of his political positions. If 50% of legislators were bankers for instance you wouldn't expect pro-regulation positions, would you? Obviously there are somewhat neutral professions too, like professors or teachers, but military personnel ... I'm not convinced.
To me it is entirely plausible that military personnel being shaped by their expierences in their jobs etc. would on average be more pro-involvement in foreign affairs than the average citizen. You probably now them and the U.S. a lot better than me so I'm inclined to trust your answer to this but let's keep in mind it's not about whether you are pro-involvement or not, but whether such a tendency exists.
Presumably to prove they are citizens who are eligible (registered) to vote in federal elections and not green card holders or visiting students
How do foreigners get on the voter rolls?
In all fairness it is pretty easy to commit voter fraud with no ID. Just give someone's name in the district, vote and get teh hell out fast.
Military members are still members of the average citizen community, especially when you factor in the millions of family members they have and those who rely on the economic benefits in and around military bases. But that doesn't mean they all vote the same in Congress. Look at the likes of Tulsi Gabbard, Ted Lieu, Tammy Duckworth, Seth Moulton et al. Ultimately, voters vote based on core issues that are important to them and don't fixate on quantitative comparisons of which "sector" is getting more interest.
I don't know why the USA doesn't use a similar system to the UK. Piece of piss really, I guess they like making things far more difficult than they need to be and like being able to restrict and gerrymander.
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The US is a republic not a unitary state, which is the main reason things are done differently. You have 50 different States making decisions rather than one central government. You should try working in software development for something like healthcare, the State rules make it many times more complex than it needs to be.
In India we have this concept: https://www.2thepoint.in/subjects-of-union-state-and-concurrent-lists/
Anything similar in the US?
I presume there are are rules surrounding who can vote. Without an ID how do you enforce that?
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I think that’s pretty obvious - if not then anyone could rock up and «steal» your vote. I have to provide an ID when voting here in Norway.
I've never shown an ID to vote/
Where?
Here and there
In the US, though.
Yes, here in US and there in UK. Here I just get asked my name and they check the roll.
Do you have to show your voter registration card?
Eh? I don't even have one. Never heard of it. I go to the polling place, tell them my name, they look it up on the list and then hand me a ballot.
Your state has interesting voting laws.
Well I'm not surprised that your state makes it harder for people to vote.
Yeah. No ID needed to vote in the UK. Register to vote, rock up on the day and give your name and address. Romeo done.
Alabama gonna Alabama.
What if you say your name and they find it already checked? (as in someone has fraudulently voted in your name?)
That's just dementia.
What if aliens take the roll?
Photo ID voting laws are voter suppression laws.
Not really. Pseudo or fraudulent voting really is quite common problem where I come from and I was interested to know how you manage that.