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Lloyd Moore: Add photo to voter registration card

Much of the debate regarding the voter ID issue could be avoided if the 100 Boards of Election in North Carolina would merely add a photo of the registered voter to his/her registration card. The technology for this has existed for a long time and is used by many organizations to instantly print a photo ID card.

If our legislators were serious about their motives for requiring a photo ID in order to vote, the funds for this improvement to the voter registration process would be found quickly. Even if the system cost $5,000, which it doesn’t, two could be installed in each county Board of Elections office for a mere $1 million.

Lloyd Moore

New Bern

This story was originally published February 27, 2016 at 1:00 PM with the headline "Lloyd Moore: Add photo to voter registration card."

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