"I had a nightmare last night that I forget my voter registration card, " said Marnie Coons, a 19-year-old UVA student and Obama supporter.

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Acknowledging these painful truths and in a token of my conversion, I have burned my voter registration card so as to never be patsy or party to another damn fool election.

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The federal "Motor Voter" law, enacted in 1993 to expand voter registration, allows would-be voters to fill out a mail-in voter registration card and swear they are citizens under penalty of perjury, but it doesn't require them to show proof.

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That proof of residence is a critical document, and for many the only form of identification: Besides serving as proof of nationality and getting you a new roof over your head, it can help you get discounted provisions at government-run stores, a phone and utility hookup and a voter registration card.

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