That is not what I said.
The equivalent would be for me to say that under your system, anybody who presents a fake I.D. can vote?
I am describing the system as it was, and it worked pretty well. I would add real penalties for fraudulent votes, or for anyone encouraging fraudulent votes. Under the current system, here in Arizona, people are prevented from investigating vote fraud by the Federal election police (Voting Rights Act).
National I.D. cards are no panacea for voting fraud. I do not believe they are worth the loss of freedom that they entail.
Well indeed, voting is a bit different because each state has some autonomy in the selection of their representatives and Electoral College electors. Still, the difference between "my" system and "yours" is, IMO, the feasibility of enforcement. Certainly ID cards are no panacea, but I'm just not seeing how it is feasible to verify citizenship without some sort of, well, record, whether that is of birth or naturalization. How can I prove that a vote is fraudulent if I cannot prove that a person is not a citizen? Perhaps the key is that there needn't be a single national ID card; each state can be responsible for its own.