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Guest
In the past year, 19 new laws and two executive orders were issued in 14 states to create stricter voter identification requirements.
These measures were supported and passed largely by Republicans after gaining control of state legislatures and governors' offices in 2010. Their aim is to constrict the electorate for 2012 and beyond.
Voter-suppression efforts take one of two complementary forms: restricting ballot access by enacting new or stronger identification requirements for voters to register, and limiting the time window during which voters can register, such as eliminating same-day registration and voting.
In either form, ballot restrictions disproportionately disfranchise poorer and nonwhite voters, as well as senior citizens and college-age students.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-schaller-fraud-20111213,0,4795683.column
These measures were supported and passed largely by Republicans after gaining control of state legislatures and governors' offices in 2010. Their aim is to constrict the electorate for 2012 and beyond.
Voter-suppression efforts take one of two complementary forms: restricting ballot access by enacting new or stronger identification requirements for voters to register, and limiting the time window during which voters can register, such as eliminating same-day registration and voting.
In either form, ballot restrictions disproportionately disfranchise poorer and nonwhite voters, as well as senior citizens and college-age students.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-schaller-fraud-20111213,0,4795683.column
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california does not require id, just a signed statement of who you are and where you reside to register and another stating your name address and party affiliation when voting in person
absentee ballots are mailed and once more a signature saying you voted the ballot
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Guest
One need not summon Sherlock Holmes to explain why Republicans, losers of the popular vote in four of the past five presidential elections, have a greater vested interest in ballot restriction measures: Constricting the electorate improves their electoral fortunes.
Like gerrymandering, voter identification is an attempt by strategic politicians to pick their voters, rather than the other way around.
In effect, Republicans are admitting they're not sure they can win elections by offering better policies or stronger leadership.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-schaller-fraud-20111213,0,4795683.column
Like gerrymandering, voter identification is an attempt by strategic politicians to pick their voters, rather than the other way around.
In effect, Republicans are admitting they're not sure they can win elections by offering better policies or stronger leadership.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-schaller-fraud-20111213,0,4795683.column
Taichiliberal
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dune..............more cut and paste
Taichiliberal
Shaken, not stirred!
http://www.justplainpolitics.com/showthread.php?37176-The-myth-of-voter-fraud&p=933594#post933594
For someone who swears he's not just another teabagging, neocon windbag...the "Dude" is doing one hell of an impersonation.
Once I've reduced these Teabagger/neocon/libertarian toadies to just being cranks repeating their lies, dodges and distortions while ignoring responses, I toss them into the dumpster where they belong. I leave the "Dude" to following me around just hoping someone will pay attention to his groans, as the chronology of the posts shows he has little else to offer.
the laws must have changed since i first registered to vote and i vote via absentee ballot these days - i am 66 and have voted in ca for decades
even when i moved, i just received a card that had my new address asking if that was me and was the new address valid - i did not have to reply to the card if the facts were correct
when i last voted in person, i did not have to show an id
Tiachimoron what do you agree with republicans on, dodge much? Are you a teacher
Taichiliberal
Shaken, not stirred!
Well, the laws are what I posted, and as for your individual case....are you saying you just walked in off the streets and voted without signing anything and without any verification? When was the last time you voted in person?
i walked in off the street and told them who i was and what party affiliation (independent) and signed the voter roll and voted, i was already registered
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Guest
Pursuant to Section 303 of the Help America Vote Act (“HAVA”), individuals registering
to vote, by any means, must provide their current and valid driver’s license number, or
state identification number on the affidavit of registration, if they have such a number. If
the individual does not possess a current and valid driver’s license, the individual is
required to provide the last four digits of his or her social security number. If an
applicant for voter registration has not been issued either a current and valid driver’s
license or a social security number, the state shall assign the voter a unique number,
which shall serve to identify the voter for registration purposes.
Proof of identity may be provided prior to an election or at the polling place on Election
Day. The following provide examples of when the proof of identity requirement has
been satisfied:
♦ The applicant provided satisfactory proof of identity with the voter
registration application or otherwise provided satisfactory proof of identity
prior to voting in a Federal election (Title 2, California Code of
Regulations, Section 20108.38(a)(i)); or
♦ The applicant’s California driver’s license or state identification number, or
the last four digits of the applicant’s social security number, was verified
with Calvalidator or the California Department of Motor Vehicles (Title 2,
California Code of Regulations, Section 20108.38(a)(ii); or
♦ The applicant provided satisfactory proof of identity at the polling place
when he or she went to vote; or
♦ The applicant provided satisfactory proof of identity with his or her
absentee ballot.
If the applicant has provided proof of identity pursuant to any of these provisions, the
voter shall be exempt from providing further proof of identity for the purpose of voting in
a Federal election.
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/hav...7_voter_identification_requirements_final.pdf
to vote, by any means, must provide their current and valid driver’s license number, or
state identification number on the affidavit of registration, if they have such a number. If
the individual does not possess a current and valid driver’s license, the individual is
required to provide the last four digits of his or her social security number. If an
applicant for voter registration has not been issued either a current and valid driver’s
license or a social security number, the state shall assign the voter a unique number,
which shall serve to identify the voter for registration purposes.
Proof of identity may be provided prior to an election or at the polling place on Election
Day. The following provide examples of when the proof of identity requirement has
been satisfied:
♦ The applicant provided satisfactory proof of identity with the voter
registration application or otherwise provided satisfactory proof of identity
prior to voting in a Federal election (Title 2, California Code of
Regulations, Section 20108.38(a)(i)); or
♦ The applicant’s California driver’s license or state identification number, or
the last four digits of the applicant’s social security number, was verified
with Calvalidator or the California Department of Motor Vehicles (Title 2,
California Code of Regulations, Section 20108.38(a)(ii); or
♦ The applicant provided satisfactory proof of identity at the polling place
when he or she went to vote; or
♦ The applicant provided satisfactory proof of identity with his or her
absentee ballot.
If the applicant has provided proof of identity pursuant to any of these provisions, the
voter shall be exempt from providing further proof of identity for the purpose of voting in
a Federal election.
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/hav...7_voter_identification_requirements_final.pdf
Taichiliberal
Shaken, not stirred!
So you were registered....which means your previous signature from past votes/original registration was on record for the monitor to check before you entered the voting both....same thing that goes on in my home town on Long Island, New York. Not the world most air tight security, but certainly not one prone to the rampant voter fraud that the GOP is trying to sell the country on.
Just glad were on the same wave length here.
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Guest
Republican officials in more than 30 states have approved new restrictions on voting in recent years, including seven states where Americans will be required to show photo ID before they’re allowed to participate in an election. It’s a little something called the “war on voting”; it may keep 5 million eligible voters from casting a ballot in 2012; and as Richard Hasen, an election law expert at UC Irvine, explained this week, the new Republican rules “could easily decide the outcome” of next year’s election.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_11/pushing_back_against_the_gops033229.php
Taichiliberal
Shaken, not stirred!
Boom! There it is! A simple fact that our resident neocon/teabagger/libertarian parrots just don't want to accept, and their GOP tin gods don't want them to realize.