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Let's not forget the other half of the population that would scream how discriminatory the ID card requirement is against certain populations who can't easily get to the offices where they are given out. We have this debate currently with requirements for ID at polling stations.

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Except that debate is dishonest because if the republicans actually cared about voter security the obvious response to "minorities don't have access to ID" is "okay, lets fund a program to get everyone ID".

Of course the democrats fall for the trap every time, because using security as an excuse for taking away rights is almost as good as using child porn as an excuse for censorship and monitoring. People go "oh yeah, that sounds reasonable"

A national ID card would be better for those kinds of people. You'd get one once and then be able to vote with it and you wouldn't have people at polling stations lying to you about what ID you needed.

It wouldn't stop the issue of Republicans closing polling stations in minority communities, but it's a start.

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