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<blockquote data-quote="Aries" data-source="post: 3473131" data-attributes="member: 44328">The point is that if we follow the same path that some countries have taken, especially in pursuing bad ideas, we introduce potential for the same result.&nbsp; When you introduce change, it&#039;s not enough to have good intentions, you have to consider the potential for abuse.&nbsp; Several countries have a &quot;vote&quot; but it doesn&#039;t do much because of fear of repercussions if you don&#039;t vote the &quot;right&quot; way.&nbsp; Requiring any kind of identifying mark on ballots takes us in that direction.I don&#039;t think anything needs to be changed as far as &quot;in person&quot; voting is concerned.&nbsp; I&#039;m not opposed to requiring ID, I&#039;m not sure why some are.&nbsp; There is a system in place to require you to acknowledge that you received one and only one ballot.I don&#039;t know that much about mail-in voting.&nbsp; There was some discussion about it a while back.&nbsp; I&#039;m not going to jump into the if and how much fraud there was, I&#039;ll let those investigations play out.&nbsp; In other words, I&#039;m sure it&#039;s not perfect but I&#039;m not sure how bad it is.&nbsp; I&#039;ll just say no one considered it to be that big of a problem until Trump said he couldn&#039;t lose any other way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aries, post: 3473131, member: 44328"] The point is that if we follow the same path that some countries have taken, especially in pursuing bad ideas, we introduce potential for the same result. When you introduce change, it's not enough to have good intentions, you have to consider the potential for abuse. Several countries have a "vote" but it doesn't do much because of fear of repercussions if you don't vote the "right" way. Requiring any kind of identifying mark on ballots takes us in that direction. I don't think anything needs to be changed as far as "in person" voting is concerned. I'm not opposed to requiring ID, I'm not sure why some are. There is a system in place to require you to acknowledge that you received one and only one ballot. I don't know that much about mail-in voting. There was some discussion about it a while back. I'm not going to jump into the if and how much fraud there was, I'll let those investigations play out. In other words, I'm sure it's not perfect but I'm not sure how bad it is. I'll just say no one considered it to be that big of a problem until Trump said he couldn't lose any other way. [/QUOTE]

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