[EL] A Better ID

[Rob Richie]

I'm all for ambitious, out-of-the-box thinking to get to fundamental goals
such as ensuring every eligible voter can vote and no ineligible voter can
vote.

But we should take a look at the UK's  effort to establish a national card
with biometrics. It passed a law to do just that in 2006. In 2010 it was
repealed. The Wikipedia article (at least in its current form) covers the
issue comprehensively:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_Cards_Act_2006

- Rob

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Curtis Gans <csaelectorate at gmail.com>wrote:

>  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/curtis-gans/voter-id-laws_b_1172468.html
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