Reply #56: And you're assuming that everyone entitled to vote has proof of

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citizenship readily available at the moment they have both the impulse and the oppotunity to register to vote.

I'm inclined to lean towards trusting that people won't like under penalty of perjury over trusting people will have all their documentation available when they have that impulse and opportunity.

We WANT people who are entitled to vote to be able to with as little friction as possible. Voting shouldn't be something you only get to do after you've jumped through a bunch of hoops. Voting is the foundation of democracy.

Arizona's law is going to guarantee that homeless people, for instance, probably will not be able to vote. That's not good. It will ensure that women who escape abusive husbands with only the clothes on their back will not be able to register when they move into the women's shelter. That's not good.

I seriously don't understand what values people are protecting when they think voting should be this thing that we have to keep under lock and key and that we only trust people who come with letters of reference and documentation of their worthiness, even if that means that a lot of people who are entitled to vote will be shut out.