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At least in the US, a government-issued ID

a) is not required to vote in many places (and pushing for that requirement is, in fact, one of the major methods of classist/racist voter suppression), and

b) is required to do various other things, like purchase alcohol, drive, or buy plane tickets.

Due to (b), there is already a thriving black market in fake IDs for various reasons, and of various qualities.

Government-issued ID systems are absolutely attacked, fairly aggressively.



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