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RickJWagnertoday at 2:11 AM5 repliesview on HN

A good majority of Americans want voter id.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/28/politics/video/the-odds-voter...

So a party calling for voter id is following the will of the people, while politicians opposing the will of the people are justifying the need for a fix, right?


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hackyhackytoday at 2:37 AM

> politicians opposing the will of the people are justifying the need for a fix, right?

That's a funny way of saying that they support the status quo, which has never been provably linked to large-scale voter fraud.

If you want voter ID, here's the procedure: establish evidence showing that its need outweighs its disadvantages, then pass a bill in Congress, then implement the bill. Signing an Executive Order that demands illegal overreach without justification is not the American way.

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AngryDatatoday at 2:37 AM

If they gave a crap about the will of the people then why is marijuana still illegal? When you defy the will of the people 99% of the time, claiming your motivation is the will of the people when it is convenient rings pretty hollow.

unethical_bantoday at 5:20 AM

I don't believe you argue in good faith. Troll behavior is so depressing.

deauxtoday at 4:15 AM

A good majority of the Americans want Epstein's best buddies' jailed, instead the POTUS is one.

ModernMechtoday at 3:56 AM

We just spent a year hearing from some asshole about how the government was spending too much money and couldn't afford frivolities, yet we're supposed to spend money on security theatre to fix a problem that doesn't actually exist, all because some other assholes are butthurt about losing an election fair and square?

Remember the people leading the charge for this are insurrectionists. They don't care about protecting voting or the concept of democracy at all.