I read this editorial advocating the use of photo IDs for
people to vote.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed...5745-6457r.htm
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I read this editorial advocating the use of photo IDs for
people to vote.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed...5745-6457r.htm
Ummm. Your dirvers license has a photo on it.
Lest you forgot, not everybody has a drivers license. And what the hell is up with the overuse of the word "disenfranchise"?Quote:
Ummm. Your dirvers license has a photo on it.
In Canada your driver's license, your health card, bus passes, and soon your SIN card, all have your picture on it...even the libraries have looked into picture id...
it's the wave of the future.
Eg ;)
yet again Canada 1 USA 0.
(KIDDING! KIDDING! DONT NEG! hahahaha)
Hmmm,
It is a very interesting question....................over here all I have to do is turn up and state my name and address (verbally) and I can vote.
If the mailman cannot deliver a package (an ordinary post one!) and I go to collect it, I have to prove my ID.........................I even have a laminated photo-ID card to get in my local park!.........OK I could get in by just paying but I have a season ticket :D
:)
Presently you do not need an ID to vote. You walk up
to a table. A person is looking at a big list. If you can read
upside down, just say one of the names on the list, and the
address. If the real person comes later, then you're long gone.
:cool:
Ummm...I haven't really checked into it lately, but the only time I've ever voted without presenting a picture ID was when my mom was the lady doing the voter check-in. You have to present your voter ID card, and a picture ID with a matching address, or some other official document (your electric bill, etc) that matches the address on the voter registration card and a picture ID.
Ya i voted in my first election in 04' go me! lol and i had to show my drivers license and my voters registration card... isnt that voter ID?
Personally, it just seems like a push for one step closer to a national ID card, whether that is the intention or not. Either of which, I don't mind. As I currently have 4 types of government ID in my wallet (along with 2 additional types), I wouldn't mind a singular ID/Drivers lisence with a smart chip in it. (So much less cumbersome to my wallet space) Although, IDs don't scare me like some. I've never been one to wrap aluminium foil around my head and conspire against "the man".
I forgot to mention it, but over here something like 15%+ of votes are postal.................that is where fraud is likely to happen.
The requirment for a photo id while voteing is a local one...and that is how it should be, the onstitution stipulates that every one gets to vote but leaves teh details of how it is done to the states juristictions explicitly.
At this end of the country, it's Drivers ID, Liquor ID with photos, oh and the local library/fitness centre, I haven't seen where it is required on the health card yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was to come into effect soon, but then again this country was considering getting rid of the SIN card at one point and replacing it with something else, I think it was mid 80's this idea was floated around.Quote:
In Canada your driver's license, your health card, bus passes, and soon your SIN card, all have your picture on it...even the libraries have looked into picture id...
Whenever we go to the voting station to vote, we are crossreferenced against a list which is done up prior to an election by enumerators, who go by a list of Civic Addresses based upon prior census information. Show drivers liscense is all that's required, process your vote, pick up bottle of Capt'n Morgan at the exit, and see ya next year. :D
Damn, I agree with bballad. I made my comment because here you have to have an ID which is verified on a list before you can vote. This makes sure you are in the right place because based on location there are different items on the ballot. In my district this year there is a proposal to build new schools etc... If you do not have a valid ID and insiste you are in the right place, thanks to the Dems, you get to vote anyway and your ballot goes on a list that is "supposed" to be verified before it counts but until it is proven otherwise it's the opposite. It counts until proven to be invalid.
So the idea of a naitonal voting card is redundant and unconstitutional as bballad pointed out.