Also, something I did not consider is that AFAIK Americans don't have a national ID card. Is there some other ID except a driver's license ? what if someone doesn't have a car ?
I wouldn't say the solution is to forgo the ID but it is a strange situation. Seems like a leftover from the old west when everyone knew everyone in the area by sight.
... and there is also an interest in making sure as many legitimate votes as possible are cast and counted. Since Republicans in many states have seemingly tried to make that more difficult for groups and areas with predominantly Democratic voters, I and others probably go into these discussions with suspicion.
Voter fraud harms the integrity of an election.
So does claiming months in advance that if you lose it must be due to fraud, and still claiming that after a commission you set up found no evidence.
You can have a possibility of voter fraud without actual (large scale) fraud or at least without proof of fraud, which is very hard to come by. What Aero wrote above sounds like a crack that while probably not abused, could be abused and that is bad enough. I heard something similar from my brother whose son is a foreign student in Texas.
The idea of voting without ID is inconceivable to me.
Wouldn't you say that allowing voting without ID, so as to accommodate the very few people who for whatever reason don't have ID, is also using a tank to kill a few flies ?
But whenever one restricts voting once should also look at trying to make voting more available to voters. If 10 fraudulent votes are prevented at the cost of 100 legitimate ones not being cast, I'd say that's a net loss.
So some of these provisions are reasonable, but one must also make sure that all legitimate voters have reasonable opportunities to fulfill them and be able to cast their votes.
