Get real. Your strawman doesn’t cut it. Voter fraud trumps a few forgers.
Who do you think will be the forger's clients?
Besides, elections are conducted by the states, not by the federal government, although they must meet certain minimal requirements as to who they allow to vote, or don't allow, at least in Federal races. Thus no need for a national/federal ID. 50 state IDs can do the job just as well, and make the forger's job a bit, although not much, more difficult.
Hey bert...
Ever been an election judge??? Been responsible for the integrity and purity of a voting precinct poll???
Guess what...I have, many times...My crew checks ID’s (and pssst, they are state issued...)
If you don’t have an ID, or a voter registration card...Sure, I’ll let you vote, but per our operating parameters, I’ll only let you (by the authority of the “state” and instructions handed down to me) vote provisionally...
It won’t count, but you do get to vote...Sure does motivate people to get their acts together and either bring a valid form of ID, or just feel good about yourself...
I don’t particularly care for a national ID, there is not real need for it other than the ones create by the people (like yourself) and the government hacks looking for more justification for their existance in the “system”...
Sure lets open wide a big can of worms, and get everyone used to the federal government telling the states (once again) what they had better do, and comply with, or we’ll hold back tax dollars and other revenue and aid back to the states for all that great pork and other earmarked funds...Not that I particularly care about that...
I tend to do my best to avoid those dangling carrots if I can...
But I don’t expect you to buy into that idea...And thats ok, just rest assured that if it came to a vote, I’ll be glad to cancel out your vote “for” a national ID...
Somehow if you place your trust in a little piece of plastic, it just seems disengenuous...We have enough on our plate to work with now...