[distrill]

i'm aware of this and you're talking past the point i made. federal restrictions are stricter on voting than they are on alcohol.

[abakker]

They require proof to buy alcohol. They do not to vote. the consequences are not the only part of "requirements".

[distrill]

who does? the federal government does not.

[abakker]

I think this is a frame of reference issue. The I buy beer at whole foods, someone checks my ID and won't sell it to me if I don't have one. If I vote via mail in ballot, I sign my name on a sheet of paper that arrives to an unsecured mailbox. Whatever the law that applies, as an end user, beer seems to be a more restricted product.