“ I’m guessing they have one voting day, people need to register, and they need an ID to vote in Ecuador.”
I spent a couple months wandering about in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru. The people seemed nice enough, but there were many areas where only Quechuan was spoken, so I didn’t get to communicate much. In the more rural areas people live in small villages in more traditional manners. No TVs or running water, herd goats and live in stone shelters for months at a time. My only regret was not learning the local language, these people were very knowledgeable about their environment, but this trip as most of my international travel was a last minute seizing of an opportunity so I went with no plan or preparation. Knowing now these people possess the intelligence to obtain IDs makes me regret the hastiness of that trip and not immersing myself in Quechuan beforehand
Those fine people, living in remote areas and primitive conditions, are able to get voter ID cards. But for spoiled Americans who navigate the welfare system with ease and buy contracts to use their smart phones, it’s just too hard for them to get a voter ID card.