Make Sure You Have Valid Photo ID!

[martin48]

"Also, if you live in Florida, make sure you are still registered to vote. They've been purging people from the rolls for political reasons."

Is it still "hanging chads" in Florida? Or are you executing them with lethal injections these days?

[loren]

at what points O'Keefe actually signs for and gets a ballot under a fake name

The point is they could've. If you would've watched the vid, you would've noticed the election workers saying stuff like, "We trust that you are who you say you are. or Your name is in the book." not even bothering to try to make sure that the person was whom they were claiming to be. The point of the vids was to show how easy it would be for someone to vote under an assumed name. Also, if you would've watched the vid, you would've seen that in most cases they were not even asked to sign for the ballot.

[loren]

Just sayin'

[Prospero]

Loren - not simply a blog article but a piece of research by a law professor at Florida state university - and published in one of the UK's top political journals Prospect. A bit less biased I think than the squeals from some of the trailer park folk here and their favourite TV channel Fox News.

[trish]

Some States are accepting only photo IDs that have expiration dates. This criterion eliminates most military IDs, student IDs and food cards. Please be sure what your State's criteria are. Be prepared to vote.

[loren]

30,000 dead people were found on the North Carolina voting rolls. Since that State has no voter ID laws, it is impossible to say if any of these "disenfranchised" voted.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...0000-dead.html

Meanwhile, a story about real voter disenfranchisment:
http://www.thestate.com/2012/06/27/2...l#.UCHh3KCVOQQ

[buttslinger]

Make sure you get Obama's birth certificate when he votes.

[Cuchulain]

The point is they could've. If you would've watched the vid, you would've noticed the election workers saying stuff like, "We trust that you are who you say you are. or Your name is in the book." not even bothering to try to make sure that the person was whom they were claiming to be. The point of the vids was to show how easy it would be for someone to vote under an assumed name. Also, if you would've watched the vid, you would've seen that in most cases they were not even asked to sign for the ballot.

Wow. Do you really believe that? Did you watch those vids and actually come away with that opinion? Wow. Now I understand why late night infomercials make money.

The point of those carefully edited vids was to MAKE IT LOOK LIKE it was easy to vote under a different name. It doesn't matter whether poll workers 'trust' you, you WILL sign for that ballot or you won't get one anywhere in the US.

Ya know what? I invite anyone to watch those silly vids and form their own opinion. Wow.

[Prospero]

Some States are accepting only photo IDs that have expiration dates. This criterion eliminates most military IDs, student IDs and food cards. Please be sure what your State's criteria are. Be prepared to vote.

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[trish]

Usually, I just respond to other people's threads, but there's something important that needs addressed.

If you live in Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Lousiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Dakota or Tennessee and want to vote this year, make sure you have current valid photo ID, as it is now required in these states. Make sure your friends and family have ID as well.

This is especially critical if you live in one of these states that could go either way in this year's election. (Let's face it, we already know how Georgia, Kansas and Tennessee will be voting)

Also, if you live in Florida, make sure you are still registered to vote. They've been purging people from the rolls for political reasons.

Pass it along.

(Yes, this should probably go in the politics forum, but who actually goes there?)

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