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Yes. All eligible Americans should be allowed to vote. That's what democracy is all about.

An intergalactic basketball game is a bad way of choosing leaders. This is why we have elections.

Mayo. Obviously.

In the last few years there's been a wave of very strict voter ID laws, which only allow certain kinds of government-issued photo ID to vote. Research shows 11 percent of Americans don't have this kind of ID. The problem isn't all voter ID laws. Many states have more flexible ID requirements, which allow a voter to prove their identity with other forms of ID, like a utility bill or a student ID card.

Unlike the United States, Canada has a national ID card.

Links: http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/d/download_file_39242.pdf

http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/voter-id.aspx

The Brennan Center put out a report on this last year, recommending two weeks of early voting, including evening and weekend hours. Here's the link: http://www.brennancenter.org/publication/early-voting-what-works