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applegrove

(131,222 posts)
Sat Jul 7, 2012, 10:33 PM Jul 2012

Maybe biometric identity data will put an end to Republican voter purges. After all if an iris scan [View all]

or fingerprint is all you need to vote, the poor will be on equal footing with those who can afford ID, unlike today.

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He/she votes for Democrats, JoeyT Jul 2012 #1
I agree, but... pwhtckll Jul 2012 #2
I hope so. JoeyT Jul 2012 #4
Sometimes a healthy dose of cynicism keeps everyone grounded in reality pwhtckll Jul 2012 #5
+1,000! Zalatix Jul 2012 #7
It would certainly doom libertarians! Fearless Jul 2012 #3
And civil liberties in general. Zalatix Jul 2012 #6
... Fearless Jul 2012 #8
Bah, tricked again. Zalatix Jul 2012 #9
Aww Fearless Jul 2012 #10
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