We may be reaching a point where the systems behind an identity card are becoming more important than the token itself.

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Each one is stuffed with several hundred tiny glass spheres or shards, of random size and glued in place in a random pattern so that each token, which can be inserted in a credit card, is unique.

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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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