75% Support Showing Photo ID At The Polls

[PapaG]

I've never understood the Democrats' argument that requiring ID disenfranchises voters, when the reality is that one illegally cast ballot disenfranchises one legitimate voter. The country rarely agrees at a 75% level for anything, yet some Democratic governors and vetoing Voter ID bills passed overwhelming by state legislatures.

If I were a member of Congress, I'd intoduce a bill that stated that any state who does not require identification to vote will not have its votes counted in a national election (which would basically be the presidential race).

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...2011/75_support_showing_photo_id_at_the_polls

Support remains high for requiring voters to show photo identification before being allowed to cast their ballots. An increasing number of states across the country are putting that requirement into law.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 75% of Likely U.S. Voters believe voters should be required to show photo identification such as a driver’s license before being allowed to vote. Just 18% disagree and oppose such a requirement. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Eighty-five percent (85%) of Republicans support a photo ID requirement at the polls, as do 77% of voters not affiliated with either major party and 63% of Democrats. But then support for such a law is high across virtually all demographic groups.

Supporters of photo ID laws say they will prevent fraud at the polls; opponents insist the laws will discourage many including minorities and older Americans from voting.

By a 48% to 29% margin, voters think that letting ineligible people vote is a bigger problem than preventing legitimate voters from casting a ballot.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I always show my ID when I vote by mail.

 

[barfo]

I always show my ID when I vote by mail.

Yeah, it's a pain in the ass to go to the DMV after every election to get a new license, though. I wish they'd mail the old one back after they verify my ballot.

barfo

 

[PapaG]

I always show my ID when I vote by mail.

I actually had my ballot challenged in the 2010 fall election because apparently I signed my name a bit differently than what they had on record. I even had to re-register to vote for the election a few weeks ago. I had to show my ID to be allowed to re-register at the Washington County Courthouse.

So ... what was your point again?

 

[PapaG]

Yeah, it's a pain in the ass to go to the DMV after every election to get a new license, though. I wish they'd mail the old one back after they verify my ballot.

barfo

Another day, another idiotic post. They do verify your ballot by comparing the signature on your outer envelope to what they have on record prior to the privacy envelope being removed and placed into the pile to be counted. Plus, you need your ID to be able to register to vote.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I actually had my ballot challenged in the 2010 fall election because apparently I signed my name a bit differently than what they had on record.

You shouldn't drink and vote.

 

[barfo]

Another day, another idiotic post. They do verify your ballot by comparing the signature on your outer envelope to what they have on record prior to the privacy envelope being removed and placed into the pile to be counted. Plus, you need your ID to be able to register to vote.

Thanks, Captain Obvious!

barfo

 

[PapaG]

You shouldn't drink and vote.

That's the best part of voting by mail! A glass or two of a robust Cabernet Sauvignon, some hor d'oeuvres, debate things with my wife as read through the various races, measures, and levies, and then fill out our ballots (she is a registered Democrat, but she's basically a Reagan Democrat) to the best of our freshly educated abilities.

Good times!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Another day, another idiotic post. They do verify your ballot by comparing the signature on your outer envelope to what they have on record prior to the privacy envelope being removed and placed into the pile to be counted. Plus, you need your ID to be able to register to vote.

Technically you don't since you can register to vote at the DMV when you renew your drivers license.

 

[PapaG]

Technically you don't since you can register to vote at the DMV when you renew your drivers license.

True, but Motor Voter was tied into the fact that an official ID was needed in order to be able to vote.

My point was that you have to prove your identity in the state of Oregon in order to get a ballot.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

True, but Motor Voter was tied into the fact that an official ID was needed in order to be able to vote.

My point was that you have to prove your identity in the state of Oregon in order to get a ballot.

No, you have to prove your identity to be signed up to vote. To get a ballot you just have to check your mailbox.

 

[Ed O]

No, you have to prove your identity to be signed up to vote. To get a ballot you just have to check your mailbox.

Don't you need to sign up to vote AND check your mailbox?

And since you need to prove your identity to sign up to vote, then some property of logic would seem to indicate you need to prove your identity to get a ballot...

Ed O.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Don't you need to sign up to vote AND check your mailbox?

And since you need to prove your identity to sign up to vote, then some property of logic would seem to indicate you need to prove your identity to get a ballot...

Ed O.

I'm just having some fun with my friend Papa G. Isn't there a Prius you can go rear end?

 

[PapaG]

No, you have to prove your identity to be signed up to vote. To get a ballot you just have to check your mailbox.

You then have to verify you ballot by an on the record signature. Oregon's voting security actually has two spots to catch fraud. The first is registering, and the second is signing your ballot.

In some states, you can walk into a voting center, register to vote without showing an ID, and then cast a ballot. If you're arguing for that system, well, we'll just have to disagree.

 

[PapaG]

I'm just having some fun with my friend Papa G. Isn't there a Prius you can go rear end?

Shitty work morning = Anything to lighten the mood!

Plus, I'm putting off washing my back deck.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

You then have to verify you ballot by an on the record signature. Oregon's voting security actually has two spots to catch fraud. The first is registering, and the second is signing your ballot.

In some states, you can walk into a voting center, register to vote without showing an ID, and then cast a ballot. If you're arguing for that system, well, we'll just have to disagree.

I love vote by mail. It's those electronic voting machines that other states use that I don't trust.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Shitty work morning = Anything to lighten the mood!

Plus, I'm putting off washing my back deck.

Just go to the parking lot of a Home Depot and hire a Mexican for the day.

 

[barfo]

Just go to the parking lot of a Home Depot and hire a Mexican for the day.

He just spent all morning standing in the Home Depot parking lot looking for work, and you want him to go back?

barfo

 

[andalusian]

Just go to the parking lot of a Home Depot and hire a Mexican for the day.

That's what I do when I need to vote by mail.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

That's what I do when I need to vote by mail.

LOLZ!

 

[Shooter]

I've never understood the Democrats' argument that requiring ID disenfranchises voters . . .

Isn't it obvious? They want the votes of illegal aliens and everybody else who is living outside the law.