Posted on 01/31/2006 12:24:17 PM PST by Uncledave
I went to this site to see the bill, then searching for 3505.18 I found myself able to see the section in question.
Here is the relevant text for those challenged by doing all this:
Sec. 3505.18. (A)(1) When an elector appears in a polling place to vote he, the elector shall announce his to the precinct election officials the elector's full name and current address to the precinct election officials. He and provide proof of the elector's identity in the form of a current and valid photo identification, a military identification that shows the voter's name and current address, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice of an election mailed by a board of elections under section 3501.19 of the Revised Code or a notice of voter registration mailed by a board of elections under section 3503.19 of the Revised Code, that shows the name and current address of the elector. If the elector provides either a driver's license or a state identification card issued under section 4507.50 of the Revised Code that does not contain the elector's current residence address, the elector shall provide the last four digits of the elector's driver's license number or state identification card number, and the precinct election official shall mark the poll list or signature pollbook to indicate that the elector has provided a driver's license or state identification card number with a former address and record the last four digits of the elector's driver's license number or state identification card number.
The section goes on at length to establish what is considered to be valid identification. From what I, a lowly mortal, can tell, this should be an airtight block to fraud but freedom to those eligible to vote legally.
Bring out your dead!
Bring out your dead!
We're moving to Illinois.
I don't have time to research everything I read in FR articles, so I have to respond to what I read here.
In any case, I'm all for voter ID; it's a great way to solve the dead-man-voting and other forms of voter fraud. Where I'm from they never ask for ID at the voting locations. I think that's insane. I could arrive early in the day at three different voting locations claiming to be anyone who's from the area and vote for them. When the real people showed up to vote, (assuming they were going to vote in the fist place), their votes would already be cast and I don't know how they'd undo that.
The fact that we need to safeguard our voting process from massive fraud speaks volumes about our society today. It's disintegrating into chaos.
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