Do I need to bring ID to vote?

Can someone please explain why it is such a big deal to ask for ID? Shouldnt a proper ID be a normal part of the voting process – so that there is no fake voting. I dont want to have someone else vote in my name. Voter suppression is standard political behaviour and happens all around the world. Only the tactics change.

In the US many people on the Right view National ID as an intrusion on civil liberties. People on the Left don’t like either it as it will make life more difficult for illegal immigrants. One of those weird US specific quirks just like aversion to CCTV in public places. Each locality has its own arcane voting process

Can someone please explain why it is such a big deal to ask for ID? Shouldnt a proper ID be a normal part of the voting process – so that there is no fake voting. I dont want to have someone else vote in my name. Voter suppression is standard political behaviour and happens all around the world. Only the tactics change.

Every grandma and Hispanic worker in this town has a cellphone. Also, this is a state where elections have been postponed due to hurricanes or emergencies. We had a major local election postponed just this year. Just because you have a cellphone does not make you immune to following instructions. Also, a lot of old people (especially in the South) come from a time when technology means authority.

Relax people, its in the bag. Read this article.

First, with Paulson blowing up Lehman, and then with Cheney endorsing McCain, I am hoping that Bush’s final touches in making sure that the Republican party is guaranteed to lose the presidency succeed.

Communities that are highly limited English speaking and not tech-savvy are prone to fall for these gimmicks.

Not sure about this. Tech-challenged folks with limited English speaking abilities are not prone to have an email address nor will they be able to press the right keys to retrieve an SMS. If at all, they will have their phones/emails set to their own language (Spanish etc).

This is why we have services in place to educate the community in their language at their level on their right to vote

This is a good approach, as long as they get to listen to both candidates’ position on the issues in their own language. Otherwise their vote is meaningless.

M. Nam

Welcome to SM! Your curmudgeonly attitude is so refreshing.

bess C.

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blockquote>Communities that are highly limited English speaking and not tech-savvy are prone to fall for these gimmicks.

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blockquote> I live in a swinging kinda state where most of our Spanish-speaking populace votes Republican…do you think the Dems would be up to some sort of gimmickry? One can hope. (I keed, muchachas.)