Concern over U.S. border security -- specifically, U.S.-Mexican border security -- has raised our collective consciousness of who are American citizens and who are not. Some Republican leaders have transferred, or imposed, this awareness onto another issue: Eligible voter identification.The rush of voter ID laws is being used as a tool by Republican committees for disqualifying or dissuading voters who tend to vote Democratic, such as blacks, Latinos, and students. This may be a winning strategy for some elections around the nation, but only in the short-term. Eventually, the changing composition of the electorate will catch up.
However there is another, a very conservative, reason for opposing massive voter ID laws. Requiring voter ID cards that meet certain specifications that exclude some very commonly held ID's might -- and likely will -- lead to an official national ID card.
An official national ID card, once adopted, can start encompassing more private information about our lives than we might want for government to have on-hand.
After a while, as more and more of our personal information is added to the card, this card will correspond to a "citizen number", a number that could be coded by our genetic profile, purchasing habits, income, auto ownership, weapons ownership, political leanings, ...
We each become a number, and then we have to wear that number to identify ourselves at all times to those who will treat us differently based on the codes in our number. Then we are that future that we don't want.
This is why I oppose voter ID cards.
By Steve Reichenstein
India is the largest democracy and is the second most populated country in the world. The constitution under article 326 guarantees every individual the right to vote and take part in elections. The Voter’s Identity card which is also called the Electronic Photo Identity card or the EPIC card is issued by the Election Commission of India to have accuracy in the Electoral roll and prevent cases of electoral fraud.
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