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(I will get to a list of arguments opponents should avoid later)

(I will get to a list of arguments opponents should avoid later)

===Identification is necessary for X, and therefore it should be required to vote===

 

====Identification is necessary for X, and therefore it should be required to vote====

(fill in the litany of examples)

(fill in the litany of examples)

===Identification is necessary to purchase a gun, and the Second Amendment grants a constitutional right, like voting, and so ID should be required to vote===

====Identification is necessary to purchase a gun, and the Second Amendment grants a constitutional right, like voting, and so ID should be required to vote====

 

 

====You are required by law to carry identification, and if you do not, the police can arrest you, and so voters not having ID is not a big issue====

===Identification is necessary to obtain government benefits to which individuals are entitled, and therefore it should be required to vote===

===People who lack ID are not trying hard enough===

===People who claim that they cannot get to the DMV to get ID are lying because, if so, they would not be able to get to their polling place===

====People who claim that they cannot get to the DMV to get ID are lying because, if so, they would not be able to get to their polling place====

===You are required by law to carry identification, and if you do not, the police can arrest you, and so voters not having ID is not a big issue===

====Because there state does not charge to obtain Voter ID, it does not disenfranchise and is not a poll tax====

===Because there state does not charge to obtain Voter ID, it does not disenfranchise and is not a poll tax===

====People would go out of their way to obtain ID if there were a reward, and therefore those lacking ID do not have enough incentive to exercise the franchise and therefore should not vote====

===Voter ID prevents registration fraud (like that committed by ACORN workers)===

===There is widespread fraud, and Voter ID reduces its occurrence===

===Voter ID prevents double voting===

====Voter ID prevents registration fraud (like that committed by ACORN workers)====

===Dead people cast votes on a widespread scale===

====Voter ID prevents double voting====

===Voter impersonation occurs on a widespread scale===

====Dead people cast votes on a widespread scale====

===You would lose your vote without recourse if someone cast a ballot in your name without ID===

====Voter impersonation occurs on a widespread scale====

===People would go out of their way to obtain ID if there were a reward, and therefore those lacking ID do not have enough incentive to exercise the franchise and therefore should not vote===

====You would lose your vote without recourse if someone cast a ballot in your name without ID====

==References and footnotes==

==References and footnotes==

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