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Platapus · 08-30-12, 06:58 PM

As an election officer, I am in favour of requiring ID.

The only stipulation is that the change to the rule to showing ID needs to be made far ahead of the election to make sure that everyone has several chances to get a State ID if they need one. Also the State needs to make it easy and affordable for someone to get an ID.

If we are going to adopt the position that it is wrong to require ID to vote, then why do we have voter registration?

The reason to have voter registration is to ensure that the poll books are populated with only the people allowed to vote in a specific precinct. That's what people are not understanding.

It is not enough that a person has the right to vote (most citizens have this right) but to ensure that the person is only voting in the correct precinct. For Federal elections it probably does not make much difference.

But for State and County elections, it sure does.

So if the decision is that it is not just to ask for ID when voting, then I think we need to get rid of voter registration... which is a stupid idea.

I do not think it is asking too much for a citizen in the 21st century to have a government issued ID.

08-30-12, 06:58 PM	#102
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,437 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	As an election officer, I am in favour of requiring ID. The only stipulation is that the change to the rule to showing ID needs to be made far ahead of the election to make sure that everyone has several chances to get a State ID if they need one. Also the State needs to make it easy and affordable for someone to get an ID. If we are going to adopt the position that it is wrong to require ID to vote, then why do we have voter registration? The reason to have voter registration is to ensure that the poll books are populated with only the people allowed to vote in a specific precinct. That's what people are not understanding. It is not enough that a person has the right to vote (most citizens have this right) but to ensure that the person is only voting in the correct precinct. For Federal elections it probably does not make much difference. But for State and County elections, it sure does. So if the decision is that it is not just to ask for ID when voting, then I think we need to get rid of voter registration... which is a stupid idea. I do not think it is asking too much for a citizen in the 21st century to have a government issued ID. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.