• FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Just to be clear:

    • Voter registration in VA has required the voter’s SSN (if they have one) since 1971. It’s actually written into the VA Constitution!

    • Driver’s licenses have required the driver’s SSN (if they have one) since 1968

    • Citizenship is on drivers license applications because of the Real ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005

    So I don’t think you can blame the current crop of MAGA idiots for collecting this information. I don’t even necessarily blame anyone for trying to combine the datasets.

    However, doing so less than 90 days before an election is absolutely unacceptable.