Your Civic Duty

[ornoth]

How is it that:

I can’t go see a show without a photo ID showing I’m over 18…

I can’t have a drink without a government-issued photo ID showing I’m over 21…

I can’t walk around my place of work without a magnetic ID card…

I can’t get free admission into the Museum of Fine Art without a student ID from a local art school…

I can’t buy software at a student discount without a student ID and a printed current course schedule…

I can’t deposit money into a new bank account without all kinds of ID and background checks…

I can’t get on a plane without a government-issued photo ID, answering questions about my travel plans, and having my bags and person searched…

… But I can vote in any election without any ID at all, because here in Boston, where municipal government corruption has a long history, the only thing they require of voters is that they verbally state a city resident’s name and address???