n a move meant to lure boycotting opposition senators back to Wisconsin, the Republican leader of the state Senate threatened Monday to force a vote soon on a bill that is abhorred by Democrats: requiring people to show an ID at the polls.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/116595118.html
So does this mean that there are … fraudulent voters?
I’ve always been shocked that at least some form of ID isn’t necessary to vote.
Niiiiiiiiice. Well played.
EVERYONE should have to show ID! Then again how are all of the dead people in Chicago going to vote?
Cops can ask me for my ID just walking down the street but we cannot ask for IDs of people who want to vote? Who have to be citizens?
They say the pen (vote) is mightier than the sword (bomb) but we have to show ID, be felt up, be humiliated, etc to fly but no ID is required to vote? Which votes have much more terrible consequences when the wrong (ie illegal) people vote?
this has came up again in MS, and the public is goning to be able to vote to start voter i.d. the last i heard was 89% for, and 11% against. of course, now they are screaming racism, but i really cannot put those two together. most feel tthe way i do, the ones screaming racism are afraid their dead uncle won’t be able to vote this fall. without being tacky, i wonder how many dead folks voted for zero.
Yes, ID should be required.
I’m carded every time I go to vote! Others aren’t??? :fie:
Same here. I always thought this was standard practice, voter ID card and government issued ID. I actually saw people turned away from voting because they didn’t have ID.
I wasn’t asked at any point during the 13 years I lived in NJ and it wasn’t asked this past November when I voted in Pa for the first time. Before NJ I lived in NY and don’t recall ever being asked but that was a long time ago.
It’s utterly absurd that ID is not required for voting.
I agree but asking for a drivers license doesn’t ensure that the person is eligible to vote. Ex-cons and non citizens can get DL’s but still can’t vote in elections.
Indeed. That’s why drivers licenses* should clearly indicate citizenship and felon status.
*or just get over it and issue a national ID card already. It doesn’t have to be all Big Brotherish. Just a card with name and DOB.
EDIT: wanted to add a funny ID card related story that happened a couple years back. Was going through airport security and decided to use a different ID rather than my drivers license.
The kid at the ID checkpoint was kind of confused and said “sir, you need to show me a government issued photo ID.”
Me: “This is precisely a government-issued photo ID” (without going into details, it was)
TSA guy: “Uhh, oh… I guess it is.” The gears were turning in his head for a few seconds and then he let me through. Didn’t even put me in for extra screening, heh.
I was never carded either time I voted.
In Kalifornia, or Oregon.
I say you should be required to have ID.
BTW: I think that a lot more information should be on it.
Organ donor. (Small Red Cross.)
Felon. (Orange Dot)
Citizenship. (Small American Flag)
Concealed Carry Holder. (Green Dot)
Sex Offender. (Blue Dot)
In Virginia you show a photo-ID to one of the volunteers who then looks your name up on the list of registered voters and they associate a ballot number with your name. Then you vote and deposit the card (assuming you don’t use the computer version) in the bin.
None of that violates my civil rights, so I don’t see why they don’t do it everywhere.
Nope, but they should. In my state they were going to require it but some how it violated someones rights:rolleyes:
This is really fubar’d. One of our greatest rights and you don’t have to prove you are who you say you are in some states? Are these predominantly demoncrat states???
In Blue Maryland, you show photo ID to one of the nice old ladies manning the voting desk, they check your name, and off you go to vote.
This is how it is handled here in TX.
When I registered to vote in Washington State I whipped out my DL and the lady acted like I had whipped out something else.
“Whoa I don’t need to see THAT!!!”
I was very surprised to find out they didn’t want to confirm my identity at all during voter registration.
