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    014 days ago

    You can vote in a lot of countries without ID dude.

    A birth certificate is a static document. In my case it was issued 47 fckn years ago. Why should i pay to update a half century document to match my current legal ID (passport, license , etc) I shouldn’t and it’s ridiculous

    A friend changed her surname after being adopted by her stepfather. She’s fucked by this as well. Anyone who’s ever changed a stupid name, broken from a bad parent, been adopted, anglicised, or even had a fat fingered nurse typo is now fucked…because idiots are hysterical over 0.6% of the population.

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      Could you name these “a lot of countries”? Since it’s a lot of them, shouldn’t be too difficult to mention 20 right?

      They say it’s to prove citizenship, a passport is proof of citizenship isn’t it? So that is enough no?

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          Wow… 4 countries + various US states doesn’t require ID. Yeah, that’s truly “A lot” of countries, dude.

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            014 days ago

            You know how you keep saying “well we do this in my country so it’s normal

            That shit cuts both ways dude…and I’m in Australia

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              If you want to paraphrase me, at least do it correctly, “Well, we do this in MOST countries, so it’s normal” And yes, that is the definition of normal. It’s normal because it’s the norm. You guys are the exception. Not the other way around.

              You said ID isn’t required in “a lot of countries”, and then you provide a graph (without a verifiable source) where the number of countries you don’t need ID to vote in, can be counted on a single hand.

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                014 days ago

                You know, you had a chance to learn about how other countries do things. Instead you chose to be a self righteous butt. Shame.

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                    014 days ago

                    Dude says they’re Swedish though. But they did apparently spend a lot of time in the US…

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                  I know how Australia does things. You still need to prove your identity when you enrol to vote. If you don’t have any of the proof they require, you can have a mate that is enrolled vouch that you are you along with your name and address.

                  The difference is that Australia is capable of keeping track of their citizens and are willing to verify your eligibility for you.

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                    did…did you just literally explain how Australian enrollment and voting works to an australian who has been voting for 30 years

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          014 days ago

          From vote.nz

          You don’t need to take your driver licence, your passport, or anything else with you to a voting place. No ID is required.

          Your EasyVote card, if you have one, will make voting faster – but you can vote without it.

          When you go to vote, you’re either marked off the printed roll at the voting place, or your details are recorded. During the official count, we compare all the rolls from all the voting places in each electorate to make sure everyone has only voted once.

          So you don’t require ID, but you get sent an easy vote card, to speed up the process when you go to vote. It is super quick though, usually less than 5 minutes to vote usually.

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      Oh hey, that’s me! Nurse swapped my vowels around. Literally hasn’t been an issue for 37 years and now, it just might be.