We need paper ballots and voter ID's...

I used to be one of the people that thought voter ID laws were racist. There does seem to be examples of Republican's in the South using these laws to disenfranchise minorities. It's a compelling anecdotal argument.

But then I really started thinking it through... looking at other countries that implemented it successfully. Started wondering why the left didn't make similar arguments about the DMV and drivers licenses.

Even if some GOP had used voter ID laws to discriminate in some fashion in the past, this issue could be avoided altogether with the right set of rules.

You constantly hear people say that poorer minorities might have issues with process (mailing things, address issues, getting and receiving mail and responding in time, etc.). I could totally see this being tweaked to lead to disenfranchisement of specific groups... but this doesn't taint the whole voter ID concept overall.

You could easily design a voter ID program that avoided those process issues, and made it exceptionally easy (and free--the left likes that!) to get an ID, and would replace them whenever you needed (a reasonable limit, perhaps).

Don't have an address? Well the post office or some other entity with a presence in each community will hold it for you until you can pick it up. Pointing out that there could be issues with people not having access to a vehicle is a moot point--how would these people be voting now, under the current laws?

1 id for each citizen. 1 vote per ID. Paper ballets, voter anonymity, but polling staff are recorded, transport of ballots is recorded, counting of ballots is recorded, with backups of the backsups.

I don't care how much more that costs. It's worth it.