Why is showing your ID to vote such an issue?

[TheSpy007]

I show my ID to buy items that have an age requirement and no one complains about that. When i vote i hand the lady my ID and she finds me on the list and checks my name off then i vote then im done.

I do not understand how people are up in arms about showing an ID. First it proves who you say you are and make sure you do not vote more than once. Makes sense right?



Moved from OT at 4 ET on 11/7/2012

ElFenix

 

[blackdogdeek]

where are these complainers of which you speak? i have never encountered any of them.

 

[TheSpy007]

where are these complainers of which you speak? i have never encountered any of them.

People on this forum, facebook, media websites, television.

 

[blackdogdeek]

People on this forum, facebook, media websites, television.

can you send me a link to one of the stories? i want to laugh at the people who are complaining.

 

[SWScorch]

Because there are many people who do not have an ID, and requiring one would force them to pay to get one. In essence, it's a voting tax, which reduces the likelihood that those living in or near poverty are able to vote.

Understand that I completely agree that you should have to show ID to vote as protection against voter fraud, but only if the IDs are given out freely (unlike driver's licenses, which cost money).

 

[amdhunter]

I'm complaining. No ones business who I am voting for.

 

[edro]

They are usually illegals or poor people who can't afford a driver's license.

 

[rudeguy]

Because dead people and Donald Duck don't have ID to show.

/thread

 

[KaOTiK]

Silly to complain about it, you should have some form of ID regardless. You can get state issued Identification Cards for like $25.

 

[sswingle]

They are usually illegals or poor people who can't afford a driver's license.

State Identification Cards
New / Renewal
$8.50

$8.50 every 4 years? Yes, thats a real hardship to expect everyone to have one.

 

[rudeguy]

They are usually illegals or poor people who can't afford a driver's license.

How do they buy vinegar?

 

[TridenT]

State Identification Cards
New / Renewal
$8.50

$8.50 every 4 years? Yes, thats a real hardship to expect everyone to have one.

Some people are pretty cheap. I don't see why the state doesn't just give them out for free.

 

[gorcorps]

It's the same type of people who bitch at getting IDed for a beer. They're so damned entitled that they think absolutely nothing should slow them down from getting what they want, even the few seconds it takes to get their ID out.

 

[TheSpy007]

can you send me a link to one of the stories? i want to laugh at the people who are complaining.

Here is one link with complainers about it.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/09/11/haddayr/

I could find more but i am currently at work. Google is at your disposal to search for more if you want.

 

[edro]

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/09/11/haddayr/

So, if you think this amendment is no big deal, please try to imagine for a moment:

You are disabled and unable to drive, so you have no need for a driver's license. (More and more people become disabled every day; if you can't imagine it, you might need to someday.)

You want to vote, though, and you managed to get a ride to the polls, but living on your Social Security disability check means you'll have to skip several meals to scrape together the $22 it costs to get your birth certificate and provide it to the county. (Sure, the state has to provide you the ID for free, but you have to provide the state the necessary documentation. Your poverty has required you to move various times, and you lost your first birth certificate years ago. Or your parents never got you a copy.)

How does this retard propose they verify identity?
Just take their word for it?

 

[BillGates]

Only liberals complain about having to show an ID to vote - it makes perfect sense to everyone else. Many states have provided IDs that are adequate for voting for free for this purpose.

 

[TridenT]

How does this retard propose they verify identity?
Just take their word for it?

I'm not sure how they actually verify, but Google is your friend.

 

[Capt Caveman]

My mother is in her 70s and does not drive anymore and thus has no ID. She has been voting at the same location for over 50 years. Why should she now go and get an ID?

 

[Brigandier]

You don't just show up to vote, you have to register to vote first. Your name should already be on a list at your polling place.

 

[sixone]

Because there are many people who do not have an ID, and requiring one would force them to pay to get one. In essence, it's a voting tax, which reduces the likelihood that those living in or near poverty are able to vote.

Understand that I completely agree that you should have to show ID to vote as protection against voter fraud, but only if the IDs are given out freely (unlike driver's licenses, which cost money).

You also can't get a job without a photo ID - or at least, that's how it's supposed to work. So it's not a poll tax, it's a job tax.

It should be required to receive any sort of state assistance, as well.

 

[Capt Caveman]

You also can't get a job without a photo ID - or at least, that's how it's supposed to work. So it's not a poll tax, it's a job tax.

It should be required to receive any sort of state assistance, as well.

Not all voters work nor seeking a job.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Here is one link with complainers about it.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/09/11/haddayr/

I could find more but i am currently at work. Google is at your disposal to search for more if you want.

what i find annoying about that article is that she in no way suggests any way in which to verify anyone is who they say they are.

 

[blackdogdeek]

My mother is in her 70s and does not drive anymore and thus has no ID. She has been voting at the same location for over 50 years. Why should she now go and get an ID?

does she prove her identity or does she just tell them her name and address?

 

[Capt Caveman]

what i find annoying about that article is that she in no way suggests any way in which to verify anyone is who they say they are.

Do you have links that people are voting and aren't who they say they are?

 

[Capt Caveman]

does she prove her identity or does she just tell them her name and address?

Name and Address