Make Sure You Have Valid Photo ID!

[onmyknees]

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How amusing you libs are. Everything you don't agree with is.......

1. bias
2. racist
3. nativist

This is the level of hysterical absurdity we've reached. Grab a PBJ sandwich and a 32 ounce sugary drink and have a read.




http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/0...dwiches-RACIST

[Dino Velvet]

pothole

[Cuchulain]

Pa Supremes punt on voter ID

'In a 4-2 decision Tuesday the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated a lower court's decision to uphold Pennsylvania's strict new voter ID law, asking that it review whether the new law will disenfranchise voters.'
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/...d-rendell.html

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Simply put, the majority of the state Supreme Court held that the state of Pennsylvania has not followed the law -- not the part of it, anyway, that requires the state Department of Transportation to provide voters with a valid ID. In Pennsylvania, people who don't drive can go to a DOT driver's exam station and, for a fee, obtain an identification card, called a 1510(b) card. Until now, those cards have cost money, and required much the same kind of identification as a driver's license -- e.g., a birth certificate.
But under the voter ID law, a potential voter who lacks a photo ID can sign a sworn statement that he or she "does not possess proof of identification . . . and requires proof of identification for voting purposes." At that point, a 1510(b) card is to be issued free of charge. The problem is that the DOT has been refusing to adopt the new, looser requirements specified in the Voter ID law, arguing that the 1510(b) card can be used for security purposes like boarding an airplane. For that reason the DOT has continued to require documents such as a birth certificate, despite what the law says.
Given that it is late September, that would, one would think, be enough to justify an injunction against imposing the ID requirement on the November election. But four Justices of the six-member court decided instead to remand the case to the Commonwealth Court, which had upheld it on August 15, to take another look at whether it can implemented before November 5. The majority concedes that the population that may encounter difficulty voting in the fall "includes members of the most vulnerable members of our society (the elderly, disabled members of our community, and the financially disadvantaged)." This puzzling ruling reminds me of a word I learned years ago from an Italian politician: ponziopilatismo, the Pontius Pilate maneuver, washing one's hands and looking the other way.
The Commonwealth Court is directed to decide the case again by October 2.'
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/...-court/262559/

[Prospero]

OMK has slipped and slithered down to banality. You can do better than that OMK - if you try you could even offer some cogent and argued response to the torrent of real criticism of your man and his party.

[trish]

Indeed vote, even though the new republican biased laws may make it difficult for you to do. Vote, but to do so you will need to make sure that when you show up at the polls you have all of the ID's and certifications required by your particular State (be aware that new requirements may have been imposed on your State by the GOP). Please have your ID's in order and vote for the candidates of your choice.

[Faldur]

Taken from the Planned Parenthood home page:

Do I have to bring in a photo ID?
If you wish to see if you qualify for free services under the Family Planning Expansion Project, you will need to bring in both proof of citizenship and a photo ID. A passport can satisfy both requirements, but more commonly clients bring in a driver's license and birth certificate. We also will need your Social Security number, although we do not need to see the card.

Damned Republicans are everywhere.....

[Prospero]

Indeed there may well be Republicans everywhere. No problem with that. Providing the "damned Republicans" don't play jiggery-pokery with the electoral rights of ordinary Americans (which they're doing) in another attempt to steal an election its fine. But what they are up to at present is a corruption of your political process.

[SFTB]

I hope everyone had a wonderful "Talk like a pirate Day" yesterday. I see some did. Please remember to vote, maybe one day we will have a "Balance the budget day"

[buttslinger]

You can't silence them, but you can turn them off. And nothing will turn off the morons more than another four for Barry.

REGISTER AND VOTE!!!

[trish]

You need two forms of ID to register to vote, one federal and one with a signature and proof of residence. You then sign your name in the appropriate precinct book of registered citizens. Penalties for fraud are stiff; so don't register if you're not a citizen or don't live in that precinct...there's no money in it...little to gain and a lot to lose.

In prior years if you went to the polls, showed your registration card, signed the book beneath your prior signature, the poll workers would compare the signatures and if they matched they gave you a ballot. This year, in many States, you will have to present specially requested forms of ID. The IDs you used to register will not be sufficient. In other words you have to prove you are eligible to vote twice and with different forms of certification each time.

Please make sure you have the necessary papers in order well before the election. Don't be disenfranchised by these new disingenuous tactics to suppress your right to vote.