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

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2. I agree, but...

I agree that the Republicans will always try to disenfranchise the poor, minorities, students, and other traditional democratic voting blocks, but there will eventually be a point where the public won't support such efforts anymore. A national ID system, one not run by the states and is therefore less subject to party whims, would go a long way towards deflating the most common GOP lies about voter fraud. They will come up with other lies, of course, but fewer Americans will believe them.