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What could be a better symbol of FREEDUMB than a government official saying "Ausweiss, bitte."

I'm reminded of a Doonesbury cartoon where Alex was on-line at the Motor Vehicles, and the young folk were saying "I don't drive, why do I need a license?" and the others answering. . . "To drink." "To vote." "To fly."

So, some forms of government-issued, picture ID are acceptable, and others are not? Opportunities for chicanery abound.

Yes, I said that. And election-day registration, where allowed, requires the same ID as prior registration. Typically two forms of ID or some type of attestation far more onerous than getting an ID.

I bet you say that to all the boys.

We do. And they aren't registered to vote, and therefore cannot vote.

Nope. In the U.S., registration is different from voting. Registration, which occurs before elections (or sometimes contemporaneously), is the process by which one proves one's eligibility to vote, including citizenship, residence within the district and precinct, and lack of disqualifiers...

This isn't about registration, it's about voting. Don't you know the difference? It's OK if you don't. I wouldn't expect you to know about voting procedures in the U.S.

U.S. ain't Canada. And what counts as ID for voting can be highly selective. For example, in Texas a concealed-carry license, which is a picture ID issued by the State of Texas, is acceptable for voting, where a University of Texas student ID, which is a picture ID issued by the State of...

The usual reason is that they're poor, live in cash economies, don't drive, and can't be bothered. ID is a relatively new thing. Over half of the men drafted into WWII in the U.S. had no identification of any kind. Of those who did, a birth or baptismal certificate was often all they had.

I did it just for you, x-meat.

Millions of Americans Do Not Have ID Sorry. I'm sure you'll pick your fantasy over reality.

I remember Trump talking about injecting Clorox and shoving a UV lamp up yer ass.

Civil War for us. Napoleonic Wars (the real World War I) for the Brits.

Yep. I was giving you a summary of the law down hereabouts.

Under the Constitution, you can only be IDed if the cop has a reasonable, articulable suspicion, based on objective facts and reasonable inferences drawn therefrom, that crime is afoot. And in some states, such as Texas and California, not even then, but only upon being lawfully arrested for a...

BoreJo considered himself above the law long before he got into government. It's what comes of naming a kid "de Pfeffel."

You simply don't understand my VEEE-sion!

I don't see any problem with doing both.

Only makes sense. Constitutional, too, under the Interstate Commerce Clause. (That's my opinion, courts haven't ruled.)