We have early voting in West Virginia ... Mrs. Mountain and I went to vote yesterday morning. As we reach for our wallets to get out ID, the officials tell us ‘no need for that ... we can’t check IDs’.
So I (loudly) ask one of them “Does that mean I could claim to be anybody and vote under that name?”
Answer: “well ... you’d have to lie to me”
So I sez: “You hear about people doing that ... and nobody seems to care.”
Doubt it did any good ... but maybe they’re a little embarrassed by the complete insecurity of the vote. The machines seemed to record the votes I intended to cast .... unlike what we hear about from MD and IL.
Here in Nevada, it is the same. I can claim to be anybody, I can get a list of old people in homes, or just use my neighbors name. Even if I voted using my neighbors name, and something similar to this happens, my fraudulent vote would still be counted. Image what I could do if I had a whole acorn list of fraudulent names to work with?
Not that I am advocating voter fraud, but it would be interesting if someone(s) went and early voted under the name of several prominent politicians during early voting. I wonder if their views on voter ID would change.