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Whole world? Seems that there are plenty of locations that simply mark your thumb to vote, no ID needed. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_ink



False, in South Africa you have to pre-register to vote at a precinct with a photo ID, then on election day you have to show your photo ID to vote at the place you pre-registered for. After you've voted they mark your thumb with the ink as a secondary (or tertiary) security measure.

I'm honestly not going to check every country on the list, but it's blatantly false in South Africa where I've voted before. And I'm going to bet it's false for a lot of other countries on that list too, like India.


Unless we are also cutting off hands for felonies, I don't think this will provide the same level of utility here.


I thought it's obvious on the context of America we talk about countries that well developed.




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