[centurion316]

Polling booths are ubiquitous, because they have to accommodate all comers on a single day and are typically a hop and a skip away. Getting there is seldom a problem. ID offices tend to be few and far between, because the typical license renewal period is once every seven years, and people who need to renew can do so on a rolling schedule. But you knew that.

The Social Security Office, the Food Stamp Office, and the Welfare Office are few and far between. But people manage to get there in droves, no problems whatsoever. But, you know that.

[Zhang Fei]

The Social Security Office, the Food Stamp Office, and the Welfare Office are few and far between. But people manage to get there in droves, no problems whatsoever. But, you know that.

Those aren't fundamental rights, and they get compensated for their time and transportation costs. Voting is a fundamental right, and they don't get compensated.

Besides, I'd be leery of associating SS with EBT or TANF. SS is the closest thing we have to a national pension plan. You get SS by paying into it. EBT and TANF don't require any prior financial contributions from the benefit recipients. SS recipients are overwhelmingly white. Paul Ryan's broadsides against SS and Medicare probably cost Romney the 2012 election. Of course, Romney was politically inept enough to choose Ryan as his running mate, despite the obvious problems with the latter's political manifesto.