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She didn't commit voting fraud. She granted access to voting data to people who should not have had that access.

Tina Peters was convicted of three counts of attempting to influence a public official; conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation; official misconduct; violation of duty; and failure to comply with an order of the Secretary of State. The jury acquitted Peters of three counts: conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, criminal impersonation and identity theft.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/08/12/tina-peters-verdict/

No problem with ID for voting, just have to make sure they're accessible by all at no cost (both time and monetary).

Republicans proposals for voter ID so far have been riddled with ID exclusions that, while never admitted to, would exclude a large part of the population that they don't want to be allowed to vote. Either include more types of ID or make sure to provide everyone with a voter id for free before the election.

For that, you need to make ID mandatory and easily accessible first. Otherwise it's just voter suppression.

Tampering with voting machines will not be solved by voter ID cards... This is an unrelated discussion. For my thoughts on voter ID cards, see @[email protected]'s response

It's normal to require an ID card in EU countries to vote, but e.g. in the UK they never asked for it, as long as my name was on the list (there are no national ID cards there).

As long as they're for maga officials sure. They seem to be doing most of the voter fraud afterall

For many decades North Dakota didn't even have voter registration. In 2012 it was alleged that nine individuals were suspect, so the state finally passed a voter registration law in 2013. But none of those 2012 individuals were charged. So then ask yourself, why did they pass the law? Well, maybe they passed the law so they could disenfranchise college kids and Native Americans. Actually, that's not hypothetical. That's a fact. Native communities had to bring legal challenges against the new law because they were facing difficulty voting.

I think it's also helpful to look at historical examples. When MLK was locked up in Birmingham Jail, there were counties in Alabama that were majority black and yet no black people could vote. Imagine that. Voting laws being crafted to keep minorities out.

So you keep pushing for your voter ID, but if you can't figure out how to keep your state from becoming the next North Dakota or Alabama, it probably will.