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Electoral voting cards.Yes for all people.If the govnt wants to be fair to the voters and want no fraud in elections they will have to act responsibly by issueing them.
ReplyDeleteThere is certainly suspicion that this is a voter suppression tactic aka Trump.
If they are worried about voter identity fraud then a campaign to INSIST on bringing polling cards to the polling station is a must. There is also the opportunity to get a postal vote.