Federal Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Law Requiring Photo ID at Polls

[Teddy B 17,252]

Discrimination

Spooky's been looking for you.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Hold on there, cowboy. I'd start by intercepting her Internet and phone activity.

Because the level of passion you have regarding this tends to be associated with people who want to subvert the state.

If this means the staunch opposition to having another useless government issued ID, count me in.

Vive la Resistance!

I have never needed a special id to vote and I am not going to start using one now or anywhere in the near future.

Edited April 30, 2014 by Gegel

[Jacque67 7,328]

Cool!

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

I've shown it's not non-existent, and ANY voter ID requirement is certainly more 'foolproof' than not asking for proof of identity.

Maybe you haven't voted, but people don't just walk up to a place and put in a ballot. They register in advance, and their identity is checked against various things, like their address is probably checked against a utility database, things like that. Something of their registration is corroborated. And they are checked when they go to vote. Even the fact that a person knows what polling place they go to is meaningful.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Maybe you haven't voted, but people don't just walk up to a place and put in a ballot. They register in advance, and their identity is checked against various things, like their address is probably checked against a utility database, things like that. Something of their registration is corroborated. And they are checked when they go to vote. Even the fact that a person knows what polling place they go to is meaningful.

True. We already have voting id cards...

But hey, shiny things work...

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I've shown it's not non-existent, and ANY voter ID requirement is certainly more 'foolproof' than not asking for proof of identity.

Anyone whose gotten to a voting booth knows how the current process works. The volunteer at the table asks for your name and looks for it on the voter rolls. You then sign next to your name. If you aren't registered to vote in that district, your name will not be on the roll. If you recently registered, but your name doesn't appear on the roll, you can request a write in ballot. Those ballots have to be verified (name and address match and are in correct district).

There's no way you can vote twice and if someone else shows up claiming to be you, your name has already been checked off. .. BAH BLAM!

But no, lets assume that a volunteer sitting at a desk has eagles eyes and can 'just tell' when someone's using a fake ID or even someone else's.

You RWN's are as amusing as watching the Three Stooges trying to change a lightbulb.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Anyone whose gotten to a voting booth knows how the current process works. The volunteer at the table asks for your name and looks for it on the voter rolls. You then sign next to your name. If you aren't registered to vote in that district, your name will not be on the roll. If you recently registered, but your name doesn't appear on the roll, you can request a write in ballot. Those ballots have to be verified (name and address match and are in correct district).

There's no way you can vote twice and if someone else shows up claiming to be you, your name has already been checked off. .. BAH BLAM!

But no, lets assume that a volunteer sitting at a desk has eagles eyes and can 'just tell' when someone's using a fake ID or even someone else's.

You RWN's are as amusing as watching the Three Stooges trying to change a lightbulb.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

I am out of plusses :/

[UncleBeer 244]

Anyone whose gotten to a voting booth knows how the current process works. The volunteer at the table asks for your name and looks for it on the voter rolls.

Oh. Like this?

There's no way you can vote twice

Oh. That's good to know.

You RWN's are as amusing as watching the Three Stooges trying to change a lightbulb.

You guys always seem to default back to insults. Is this whatcha call "dialogue" ?

[UncleBeer 244]

Sorry to interject facts into this "dialogue", but those who can stand to learn that the current voting system doesn't work as pristeenly as you think may profit from these accounts of voting irregularities.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I just described with detailed accuracy how the in person voting process works and I challenge any of you RWN's to demonstrate where the security breach exists in that process and then demonstrate how a picture of yourself on a card would work to remedy that. Go ahead. This is going to be fun.

[UncleBeer 244]

I just described with detailed accuracy how the in person voting process works and I challenge any of you RWN's to demonstrate where the security breach exists in that process and then demonstrate how a picture of yourself on a card would work to remedy that. Go ahead. This is going to be fun.

You seem averse to clicking on the blue squiggly things. I challenge you to go here and tell me which of those "noncitizen" or "voter impersonation" situations would not have been remedied by a photo ID.

Click the link. I know you can.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Sorry to interject facts into this "dialogue", but those who can stand to learn that the current voting system doesn't work as pristeenly as you think may profit from these accounts of voting irregularities.

You were asked to provide proof of wide scale voter fraud in this thread that you started and you failed to do so.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/490897-obama-accuses-gop-of-imagining-voter-fraud/

What has changed in the last 2 weeks?

There are no proven cases of wide scale voter fraud on record. It is not an issue. Why do you keep touting "what if's" and "maybes" as if they were problems that actually existed?

[UncleBeer 244]

You were asked to provide proof of wide scale voter fraud in this thread that you started and you failed to do so.

Either you're being blithely dishonest, or you didn't bother to click on this link in the original post there. Which is it?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

You seem averse to clicking on the blue squiggly things. I challenge you to go here and tell me which of those "noncitizen" or "voter impersonation" situations would not have been remedied by a photo ID.

Click the link. I know you can.

I gave you a challenge that's simple and you can't even articulate with any degree of self conviction where the security breach exists and how a picture with your name on it would fix it other than posting a link? Come on, sparky, this ain't rocket science, but it does require thinking for yourself which I understand is not something RWN's are accustomed to doing. Come on, you can do it. Show us liberals that you really are smarter than you act.