Voter ID

[MtnBiker]

Writing a check for a purchase at the supermarket - need an ID.

Traveling by airplane - need and ID.

Being hired for most jobs - need and ID.

Should voting at the polls require an ID? It would help confirm that the person voting is indeed the person they are supposed to be.

Some state require voter ID to vote, is this fair?

[Kathianne]

Writing a check for a purchase at the supermarket - need an ID.

Traveling by airplane - need and ID.

Being hired for most jobs - need and ID.

Should voting at the polls require an ID? It would help confirm that the person voting is indeed the person they are supposed to be.

Some state require voter ID to vote, is this fair?

Yes, all states should require.

[typomaniac]

How do you stop from turning it into a poll tax?

[MtnBiker]

How do you stop from turning it into a poll tax?

Is there a cost for a state ID that makes it prohibitive for some people to obtain?

[typomaniac]

Is there a cost for a state ID that makes it prohibitive for some people to obtain?

It has to cost something to administer. Where does that money come from? Higher taxes?

[MtnBiker]

So, when Hilary creates universal pre-K and universal health coverage, will any sort of ID be required? Will that be a concern to you at that time?

ID's are important to people beyond voting let them purchase them. Again is there a cost to a single person for a state issued ID that is prohibitive for someone to obtain? I imagine all states can issue a legal citizen an ID card for some sort of fee.

[retiredman]

Is there a cost for a state ID that makes it prohibitive for some people to obtain?

doesn't matter if it is "prohibitive" or not.... if there is any cost, it is a de facto poll tax. I have no problem with state issued IDs for voting that are free of charge to the voter.

[82Marine89]

doesn't matter if it is "prohibitive" or not.... if there is any cost, it is a de facto poll tax.

So what would you recommend to stop or at a minimum deter voter fraud?

[MtnBiker]

doesn't matter if it is "prohibitive" or not.... if there is any cost, it is a de facto poll tax.

If that was the only use for the ID, you will have a very hard time convincing anybody that someone would procure an ID just to vote.

[MtnBiker]

I have no problem with state issued IDs for voting that are free of charge to the voter.

Nothing is free. Actually I would agree, if a elderly person, low income person needed an ID at little or no cost thats fine.

[Yurt]

How do you stop from turning it into a poll tax?

it will never be a poll tax. the cost is not prohibitive. who does not have a photo ID? california has a $22 id fee. there is even a reduced fee card that costs only 7 dollars.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/dl/fees/idCard_fees.htm#reg_id

[JohnDoe]

it will never be a poll tax. the cost is not prohibitive. who does not have a photo ID? california has a $22 id fee. there is even a reduced fee card that costs only 7 dollars.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/dl/fees/idCard_fees.htm#reg_id

any amount of money paid to vote, even 1 dollar, is a poll tax and illegal....imo.

[Yurt]

any amount of money paid to vote, even 1 dollar, is a poll tax and illegal....imo.

how do you get to your poll station? walk? ride? drive? bus? what if someone lived a certain distance away and had to drive or take a bus there? using your logic, that is a tax and illegal.

you are wrong about poll tax, read up on it.

[manu1959]

How do you stop from turning it into a poll tax?

an ID is required for reasons other than voting so there is no burden

[Trigg]

Writing a check for a purchase at the supermarket - need an ID.

Traveling by airplane - need and ID.

Being hired for most jobs - need and ID.

Should voting at the polls require an ID? It would help confirm that the person voting is indeed the person they are supposed to be.

Some state require voter ID to vote, is this fair?

Indiana requires you show your drivers license to vote, after showing your license they mark your name off the list. No extra costs, as far as I can see.

I really don't know anyone who doesn't have an ID except mentally ill patients even the elderly patients from retirement homes have a drivers license (many times marked to show they don't drive).

I just can't swallow the dem. assertion that an ID requirment is hard on poor voters. People on state assistance are showing some sort of proof of ID to get their benefits. They show an ID for everything else why not to vote?