HAVA means at the time of registration had ID.
Posted on 04/04/2011 12:05:08 PM PDT by wbill
GREENSBORO — A voter ID bill would keep young people and the elderly from voting, a group of college students and state legislators said Monday at Bennett College.
Students from area universities have been working behind the scenes to protest the proposed voter ID bill that is currently in the House. They held a forum Monday morning to discuss the bill and followed it with a press conference to voice their concerns.
“This bill makes it more difficult for me to exercise my vote and my voice,” said UNCG junior Caleb Patterson. “The voter ID bill would add one more obstacle to vote, which will discourage students from voting.”
HB 351 would require voters to show photo identification, such as a driver’s license, military ID or a voter registration card. Identification cards such as those issued to college students would not be accepted.
“We are getting involved because we as young people are fighting for our right to vote, said N.C. A&T senior Mitchell Brown. “This is an assault on our voting rights.”
The bill is called the Restore Confidence in Government Act, but state Rep. Alma Adams said it does anything but.
“That’s a big joke,” said Adams, who attended the event along with Rep. Marcus Brandon. “This bill does in fact disenfranchise people. It will certainly impact and hurt you as students. It will hurt minorities and African-Americans. It will hurt the elderly. It will hurt a lot of people in our state.”
Adams suspects legislators behind the bill have ulterior motives. Minorities and young people came out in droves in the 2008 election that put President Barack Obama in the White House, and Adams said the bill was an attempt to keep some of those same voters away from the polls in the 2012 election.
Obama has announced that he will seek re-election.
“There is some thinking, I believe, that the turnout will be large and so whatever can be done to keep you away from the polls, to make it difficult when you get there to vote, I think those are the initiatives that are being undertaken in our General Assembly,” Adams told the students.
Come on Dickweed. Just come out and say it. IT MAKES VOTER FRAUD A LOT TOUGHER THAN YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE.
A photo ID is easy to get (just so long as you can show a birth certificate). When it came time for my grandfather to give up his driver's license, he turned it in at the BMV and got a new identification card at the exact same time. Too bad too, considering he had served on local Democratic party boards. He was very disappointed in all of his Republican grandkids.
The Dems have never given a number for the people who will be "disenfranchised" for not having an ID. Some old people past driving age who, for some reason, didn't get a state ID card to replace their dirver's license might have to go to the BMV sometime soon. Other than that is there any group who really don't get driver's licenses in significant numbers (New Yorkers excepted)?
Students should have to supply ID. When I voted in NOV. I did NOT have to supply ID and I am not a student- just verify my name address and registration.
The GOP NEED TO WAKE UP!
Somewhere, a member of his grandmother's generation.... who dealt with real, legalized racism in the South... who overcame genuine (not imagined, like this clown) but genuine barriers to opportunity, or physical barriers to exercise their vote ...... is sadly shaking their heads.
One has to wonder why the usual cast of victims and their enablers would oppose this, since anyone voting illegally would be diluting their valuable franchise.
I get really upset about college students from the northeast attending school in the midAtlantic and southern states, who register and vote in presidential elections only in their host state. They know their already deep blue home states will go for the Dem. So they dilute votes of actual Virginia/NC residents.
There should be a follow up to those students’ registrations to verify that their permanent address for tax purposes, any tuition breaks or student loans are in the college state. If that can’t be proven, they should lose their franchise altogether.
Post of the day, RR!
The ruling elite, mafia thugs and the democraps do not want to disenfranchise the dead voters, illegal alien voters, the voters who vote multiple time in the same election and they do not want to have to account for those punched ballots that have no person attached to them at all (stuffed). If the dems can't cheat they can't win, it's that simple. Mandated voter ID is only a step toward cleaning up the voting system but it's a big step.
I wonder how this good little democrat/liberal/socialist/communist/progressive/marxist feels about me having to show ID and have a background check when I buy a pistol.
NO Valid I.D.card don’t vote.That’s the only way the public can be assured of a fair election.
We don’t need illegal aliens voting in our elections and throwing them to the liberals.
I have an even better Idea and that is to ban Non working people,except People who have had a stake in our system to vote.
People that consume taxpayer dollars should have NO say as to whether spending is increased or decreased for them.
This one man one vote crap is detrimental to our country.
Caleb Patterson needs to be taken out back and have the crap beaten out of him. Then do the same to the marxist PR*ck professor who filled his head with this crap.
More truth would be that it will make it harder for the young little democrats to vote both in their home state via absentee and in person with their out of state ID....They should have student ID’s that make voting ok as long as they are residents and do not get a ballot from home too. The elderly have to have ID’s to cash their social security checks or a multitude of others things so why bring them into it?
These idiots just don’t want it to be any harder to commit vote fraud.
For instance, that one guy goes to UNCG. Some excerpts from their website that state ID requirements:
Have Your Picture Taken
Obtain your UNCG SpartanCard ID at the SpartanCard Center in Room 121, Elliott University Center (EUC), 336/334-5651, 8:00 A.M.–5:00 P.M. You must take proof of course registration (printout from UNCGenie) and photo identification to get your ID card. Your ID card will be automatically activated when the semester begins. You will not have access to certain campus services until your ID has been activated.
Name changes may be requested in person at the University Registrar’s Office, 180 Mossman Building. Requests submitted in person require a photo ID and specific legal documentation.
Name changes may be requested by mail. The letter must be signed and notarized and contain the following:
1. Name as it currently appears in the UNCG student information system;
2. New, complete legal name;
3. New signature, notarized, showing original notary seal and signature
Appropriate legal documentation must be attached to the letter.
You may also complete the form online, print and sign it, and return it to the University Registrar’s Office.
Different types of name changes require different types of legal documentation:
* Change of name due to Marriage requires a copy of marriage certificate or current Social Security card and a photo ID
* Change of name due to Legal Change requires a copy of court order or current Social Security card and a photo ID
* Change of name due to Divorce requires copy of divorce decree or current Social Security card and a photo ID
* Change of name due to Adoption requires copy of court order or current Social Security card and a photo ID
* Change of name due to Spelling Error requires a photo ID
* Change of name due to Hyphenated Name requires a photo ID
Current and former students who are employed by the University also must present their Social Security card, which reflects the new name, to the Payroll Office in the Mossman Building. Call 336/334-5946 for further information.
Oh, bullshite. Two of my kids got their DLs in no time. The one who took the driving test at the same time was still finished in under an hour! You just need the proper documents...Ohhhhh, now we understand...
Ping!
Area college students’ parents should stop paying their tuition and tell them to get jobs.
every time this comes up, we should have a map with the states that have voter ID laws in place right now.
How would it keep this kid from voting? Does he have a driver’s license? Yes? Then he can go to his home precinct and vote, or request an absentee if he’s at college. This isn’t rocket surgery. Well, maybe to him it is.
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