Posted on 11/04/2008 4:33:25 AM PST by dascallie
Ohio Law requires ID
I don’t think I’ve ever been asked for an ID to vote. We live in a small town in Taxachusetts (<12000).
Spread it around on the live threads !
making it so easy to vote early and vote often. They don’t ask for id at our polling place here in CA either.
I live in south central OH (Dayton) and am always asked for ID.
Actually you're right - poll workers are supposed to be asking Ohio voters for ID.
Since early 2006 Ohio has had a voter ID law in place. It was recently challenged by some homeless advocacy group but upheld in court. It doesn't require a photo, but at a minimum, a utility bill identifying you and your place of residence.
I’m in Fla. They asked me for my driver license, checked the photo to make sure it was me, and then asked me to recite my address while they looked at the license.
Of course, if I had said “I don’t have a license,” they probably would have waved me thru.
Specific details: It’s an area that’s been becoming suburbanized with the housing boom, but I’d say I’ve noticed maybe 5% black population tops. The early line to vote seemed about 30-40% black. I’ve never noticed that kind of percentage around the neighborhood or out shopping, at the post office, etc before. I’d say interpreting this while assuming both numbers to be accurate means as a bloc they’re particularly motivated this cycle.
Ohio state law requires you to show ID when you vote in person. You have to show ID when you sign in.
I'm a little confused about him saying that he had to fill out an absentee ballot. You have to provide either the last four digits of your SSN or your driver's license number, or some other documentation that I can't remember in order to get an absentee ballot. You also have to provide the same information on the inner envelope that the absentee ballot goes into. That's the method used to verify identities of voters using absentee ballots.
I don't know how the new early on site voting works. I voted by absentee ballot this year.
The law is a step in the right direction, but more reliable identification needs to be required, and it sounds like in this case they law may not be being enforced.
In NJ...they don’t ask for ID..you have to sign the book..so you can’t go back and vote again.
I live in Palm Beach county FL and voted early. They definitely checked my drivers license against the voter registration and then compared my signature as well. But then maybe that’s because they say the “R” next to my name :)
Go McCain-Palin!!
My son voted first time in NYC. Reg by mail and by law should have had ID shown..not asked for ID!
I just voted in our little CNY town.
Mr. mm said it was busy early this morning but when I went it was just me.
Course, if everybody eligible to vote in our town did it would only take a couple hours all told.
Texas does.
I just voted.
I live in Ga. in a heavily Republican area.
NOBODY checked my ID or registration card, although they did check my husband’s and it was obvious I was with him.
We voted at 10:00 a.m. and there was no waiting, but we are not in a heavily populated area.
Ga. law says ID is required.
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