Posted on 02/05/2016 1:54:20 PM PST by george76
This year's presidential primary is the first in which New Hampshire's voters will be required to show identification before they can cast their ballots
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When New Hampshire voters go to the polls Tuesday for the first presidential primary of the 2016 race, they will have to do something new.
This year's presidential primary is the first in which the state's voters will be required to show identification before they can cast their ballots.
Before the state's new voter ID law went into effect in 2013, voters could just give their name and address, get checked off the roll, and vote. Now voters will be asked to show photo identification, such as a driver's license or military ID, before they can obtain a ballot.
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New Hampshire passed its voter ID law in 2012. The law was part of a wave of voter ID laws passed around the country and pushed by Republican lawmakers.
Proponents of voter ID laws say the requirements crack down on voter fraud. Opponents say voter fraud isn't a problem and the laws disenfranchise minorities, new voters and low-income voters.
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I heard on the entertainment box that that was racist.
Voting Procedures in Honduras, a Banana Republic!
(a re-write of excellent post by Gideon300)
I had the opportunity to go watch my wife, a citizen of Honduras, vote in last year’s presidential election in Tegucigalpa. It was a real eye-opener, and I can only wish the US had such a strict voting process.
Everyone in Honduras is required to vote only in the precinct as indicated on their government issued (free) photo ID card. Every citizen over 18 is required to have an national ID, and everyone with an ID can vote. No one else, and no one is registered as a member of a certain party, merely a citizen. My wife’s precinct is Barrio El Bosque, so she was required to go to the Escuela de 14 de Julio (local elementary school) if she wanted to vote.
When we arrived at the voting place there were hundreds of people milling around the street and a long line was waiting to enter. The entire scene was closely watched over by Army and PolicÃa Nacionál to make sure order was kept. For the most part everything was quite orderly, and people were polite to each other even with the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd. After showing ID, passing the guard and entering the school we went to the main table in the courtyard where they ran her ID through a computer and she was given a little slip of paper that indicated her name, her precinct, her ^mesa^ (voting area) and ^linea^ number (her number on the voter registration list). Every citizen is automatically registered to vote, and their name, Id photo and precinct number is on a list posted in that precinct.
The ^mesas^ in this case are rooms in the school, numbered in order to handle the hundreds of people waiting to vote. Her mesa was number 8586, so after finding the room, there was a list of all registered voters beside the door. She checked her line number with photo, 235, to make sure she is at the right door, the man watching the door checked her ID against the list, and let her in. She went to the table inside the room
for a ballot, was checked again for ID and compared it to the info and photo in the registry, was given two ballots, one for president and one for congress, and this time they held her ID while she voted. I was allowed in as a foreign observer, but was not on school tables for privacy, so after voting she deposited her ballots in the appropriate boxes, was given her ID back and we left.
I wanted to take photos but no cameras were allowed anywhere but in the street. No alcohol is sold anywhere in Honduras from Saturday through Monday, the day before and the day after election.
They take voter ID, and potential vote fraud, VERY seriously. All ballots are paper, and all have the candidate’s info and photo. There are eight official parties in Honduras, and the one with the most votes wins. The police and the army watch the voting very closely. One woman was caught with an extra ballot, and was immediately arrested. The Honduras news media, which is quite politically unbiased, indicated that both local and official foreign observers found only three cases of vote fraud in the entire country.
It was certainly an eye-opener for me! If this is the difference between a the US and a Banana Republic, then I’ll take a banana republic election anytime.
I guess it’s racist for people to ask to see your ID when you buy liquor too.
And if your driving and pulled over...
And if you want to board a plane...
And...
Same in NC! March 15th.
Unless the federal judge hearing the case issues an injunction.
No problemo.
93.9% White American (92.3% Non-Hispanic White, 1.6% White Hispanic)
2.2% Asian American
1.1% Black or African American
0.2% Native American/American Indian
1.6% Two or more races
1.0% Some other race
Them white folks know how to get themselves an ID card.
“Live free or die”
Opponents say voter fraud isn’t a problem and the laws disenfranchise minorities, new voters and low-income voters.
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How ???
When TN passed our newest ID Law anyone without photo ID could get one free..
but who would not be able to afford an ID abnd not have one ???
People that poor get welfare and food stamps and need a photo ID to apply for those...
HELLO ???
Too bad for Rubio!
So they've urged the removal of laws requiring photo identification to enter federal buildings, apply for welfare, fly on an airplane, buy booze or cigarettes, enter a building where they sell baby parts...
Oh, right, forget, these things are only racist when they apply to voters. Silly me.
Minorities, women and children hardest hit!
Opponents say voter fraud isn’t a problem and the laws disenfranchise minorities, new voters and low-income voters.
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New voters ??? Like young people turned 18 since the last election ???
The same young people who had a photo ID to attend public school, or college or their DR ???
from other states ??? and they drove in from their old state...or flew ??? again a DR...
immigrants who have just becomes new citizens..again a photo ID was required to apply for nationalization...
minorities...greater % of welfare and food stamp and other government program receipients ...photo ID required...
Next ???
That 600 lb. Barber is disgusting with his marches here in Raleigh. No shortage of stupidity or food in that one.
Have our media sent non-minority writers out to pasture?
How true.
I’m thinking the voter ID will be upheld for March 15th.
Those “poor” seniors that Barber trotted out need photo ID to get the social security checks and to get a bank account to receive the funds. They have no shame about being used as a pathetic prop.
I’m surprised it even went to trial, since voter ID has been upheld in other states.
Showed my Driver’s license twice this week to get my veterans 10% discount at Home Depot and Lowes.
To get access to our safety deposit box.
To get Senior Discounts at the movies.
To get Fed Ex package at Fed Ex store.
To get UPS package at UPS store.
To renew my Ca. Lifetime Fishing at my local sporting goods store.
To buy fire arm ammo or pellets for air gun.
If you want to check in at a motel or resort for even one night.
If you want to rent a car.
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