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No ID required for Early Voting in NC? (vanity)

Posted on 10/26/2008 3:22:59 PM PDT by RangerM

I early voted in NC today, and was not asked for my ID.

I was asked my name, and my current address and nothing else.

I admit I don't know the law, but the information I gave at the polling place could have been taken from the phone book.

Anyone else voted in NC? What was your experience?


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1 posted on 10/26/2008 3:23:00 PM PDT by RangerM
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To: RangerM

Hope you reported it!


2 posted on 10/26/2008 3:29:12 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: RangerM

Yes, that’s the way it is here.

Voter info/history is on line also.


3 posted on 10/26/2008 3:30:04 PM PDT by PeteB570 (NRA - Life member and Black Rifle owner)
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It’s been like this since I moved here in 2003. They were letting people register and vote at the same time at the early-voting locations, too. I think you needed an ID for that, but maybe a document with “your” address on it would do.


4 posted on 10/26/2008 3:30:49 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I'll give a cheesecake to anyone who asks a Palin-basher, "How many abortions have you had?")
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To: RangerM
I am a NC voter for >15 years. When we vote we fill out a small paper with our name and address on it, then hand it to a poll worker. The poll worker then asks me my name and address while checking it against a huge printout book. The worker then checks off our name on the printout sheet.

When we vote early the procedure is the same except that the poll worker checks our name and address against the computer, no printout.

5 posted on 10/26/2008 3:32:28 PM PDT by Tarheel (Tarheel)
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To: loveliberty2

The only persons there were two ushers (directing traffic),the five ladies taking names, the three ladies handing out ballots, and the one lady sitting next to the voting machine. (Wake Tech today at about 2:30 PM)

From what I saw there was noone else there.

If the law doesn’t require ID, I’m not sure who you would report it to.


6 posted on 10/26/2008 3:33:20 PM PDT by RangerM (Barack Obama: CHANCE.....We Can't Afford To Take!)
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To: RangerM
BTW, drove through Randolph, Guilford, Rockingham, and Alamance Counties today. Saw lots of McCain signs across the countryside, but very few 0 signs, except in one section of one town.

Discussion is that there are many more rural houses than usual which display no signs at all, or just state and local, which brings up the question: are Democrats simply not putting up signs because they are voting Republican for the first time and don't want their neighbors to know?

7 posted on 10/26/2008 3:33:31 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: RangerM

From my understanding, as an NC resident, it is against the law to ask a voter for identification in NC.


8 posted on 10/26/2008 3:40:42 PM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Tarheel

I early voted in TN and my registration card has a number that identifies me. It was all I had to show, but after she entered the information I would imagine I am locked out at this point. (I hope that is the case)


9 posted on 10/26/2008 3:41:15 PM PDT by eyedigress ( My first 4 wheeler was on the rocks in Fairbanks)
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To: RangerM
it is illegal to ask for ID in NC in order to vote,,
I had early voted on Monday, the lady ask for my name looked it up, and then just asked to verify address
10 posted on 10/26/2008 3:47:04 PM PDT by Gone_Postal (We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat)
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To: loveliberty2
Ditto on Sampson, Robeson and Cumberland Counties.

McCain signs outnumbering Obama signs at least 10 to 1 on the rural roads.

Lots of signs for Judges and other local races in people's yards. Very few Senate and Governor signs.

I discounted all signs at intersections as they are not “owned”.

11 posted on 10/26/2008 3:50:13 PM PDT by PeteB570 (NRA - Life member and Black Rifle owner)
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6. First time voters must bring identification. First-time voters who registered by mail or at a voter registration drive after January 1, 2003, may be asked to show identification. Take along any valid photo I.D., a utility bill, or government document addressed to you when you vote. Even if you aren’t a first time voter, it helps to bring ID.

from NC voting website


12 posted on 10/26/2008 3:59:44 PM PDT by pitinkie (revenge will be sweet)
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To: PeteB570

Has it happened that someone shows up to vote, only to find someone else has claimed they are that person and stolen a vote? What happens then?


13 posted on 10/26/2008 4:04:16 PM PDT by Bluebird Singing
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To: RangerM

Did you sign a book or anything? Compare signatures?


14 posted on 10/26/2008 4:14:17 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Teachers open the door. It's up to you to enter. Before the late bell. When I close the door.)
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To: Bluebird Singing

That’s my question, too.


15 posted on 10/26/2008 4:19:12 PM PDT by bolobaby
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To: Tanniker Smith

I signed a piece of paper and my signature was “witnessed” by a lady working there.

I know of no method that they used to confirm my signature, at least none that I could identify.

After I gave my name and address, they looked my name up on a computer and printed the paper I signed on a laser printer. From what I saw on the computer, there was only my name, address, voter ID number, and my party affilation.

I imagine that the computer was updated to show that I voted, but had it been someone else, I don’t know what would have happened had I shown up later this week.


16 posted on 10/26/2008 4:22:04 PM PDT by RangerM (Barack Obama: CHANCE.....We Can't Afford To Take!)
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To: RangerM

I’m in Texas (in a very red district), and haven’t been asked my ID for years.


17 posted on 10/26/2008 4:35:50 PM PDT by Texas_shutterbug
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To: RangerM

KS is the same way. They ask for ID if you are a first time voter.


18 posted on 10/26/2008 4:49:13 PM PDT by lilycicero
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To: lilycicero

FL requires either the voter ID card or a photo ID.


19 posted on 10/26/2008 5:18:46 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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To: RangerM

No ID required to vote in NC. For same day registration/voting you need to show a utility bill that links you to an address. No photo ID required for anything.


20 posted on 10/26/2008 5:49:14 PM PDT by DemonDeac
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