There is no perfect system; the goal is to have the best imperfect system. Voter ID means net fewer voices heard, which is an erosion of democracy.
Anything that gives officials a lever to reject voters can and will be abused to limit voter participation. Voter suppression was documented in the case of Cambridge Analytica and is a major tool of the oligarchs.
Wilhoit's law. [0]
> “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”