Comments on: Claim: voter ID requirements violate international law

By: gitarcarver

gitarcarver — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:15:34 +0000

Pierre,

I am confused. It seems the fact that you were never asked for an ID led directly to your vote being stolen. I would think that would mean requiring ID would be a good thing.

As for the signature not matching, there can be any number of reasons for that happening, but what do you want the poll workers to have done? Invalidate the guy who voted in your place? How would they have done that?

Your story is but one of the reasons why a ID should be required.

By: Pierre in NJ

Pierre in NJ — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:59:59 +0000

I have voted for 40+ years and have NEVER been asked for an ID of any kind. I’ts absurd! I once went to the polls and was refused my right to vote because someone had already voted in my name. The signature in the registration log was not mine and didn’t look anything like mine. When I offered to prove who I was by showing ID – I was still refused! Great country America.

By: kimsch

kimsch — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:40:01 +0000

According to the Guardian “Studies have showed that the proportion of voters who do not have access to valid photo ID cards is much higher among older African-Americans because they were not given birth certificates in the days of segregation.”

My question is: How many of these older folk on Social Security and Medicare?

By: Fox 2!

Fox 2! — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:00:18 +0000

Even if there was a UN army, it would have to rely on the US for airlift and logistics. And, as is often attributed to Isorroku Yamamoto, “You can not invade the United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.”

By: a_random_guy

a_random_guy — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:29:30 +0000

“There is simply no reason adults shouldn’t have a photo ID, and be required to show it for something as important as voting.”

Sure there is – if you are interested in voter fraud.

When my mother passed away a couple of years ago, I made a specific point of cancelling her voter registration. The people I talked to thought this was pretty strange – clearly, most people do not bother. Not requiring a photo ID = ability to vote the graveyard.

By: Ben Catoe

Ben Catoe — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:55:11 +0000

Nowhere does it say that a driver’s license is required, just a photo id. Florida, and I assume the other states, have a state ID card. It looks very similiar to a driver license, complete with photo.

What I don’t understand is who these people are that don’t have a photo ID and how do they bank, use a credit card, or get government benefits.

There is simply no reason adults shouldn’t have a photo ID, and be required to show it for something as important as voting.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:46:13 +0000

Since moving to FL in 2004, I’ve noticed that it is required to provide a photo ID in order to cast a non-provisional vote. Both photo and signature in a register are needed to get the ballot (now) or access to the electronic voting machines (before).

Voting precincts, at least in my county, are numerous, barely a mile apart, though I’m sure they’re further in the rural areas.

The state does offer free photo ID to those who request it in lieu of a driver’s license. Florida being Florida, it has a strict policy of pulling licenses from drunk drivers. Thus, a not-minute proportion of the population in unable to produce a driver’s license. They definitely need an alternative.

As far as disenfranchising Black voters, I don’t see it.

By: Beckley

Beckley — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:14:04 +0000

@Uno Hu- your point is spot on, but also, people probably should care about the UN, right? It seems like the UN is basically used as convenience dictates by the US and other powerful countries. That’s the point of having power, I suppose.

By: kimsch

kimsch — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:02:22 +0000

I had heard that Mexico requires a photo ID to vote. I also seem to remember Iraqis needing ID to vote AND having to have a finger dipped in semi-permanent ink so as to identify who has already voted so that they can’t vote twice…

By: Uno Hu

Uno Hu — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:26:53 +0000

I would love to make an erudite comment, one whose eloquence would all but blind the readers. But actually, all that is required in response to this is “Who cares what the U.N. thinks?”