'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID to Vote?'

Re:'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID... by clavalle on Monday December 30, 2013 @05:22PM (#6987445)

An electricity bill /and/ being registered in your district. It is not like you can take an electricity bill to any poll location and vote.

20 Euros might not seem like much but if you are making minimum wage it can be significant. And what if you lose your ID? Or you don't have access to the documentation to get an ID right away? Or you are a college student and your residence is with your parents?

The fact is that voter fraud is not a big problem. Disenfranchising voters, however, is a problem. There are even 2000 page tomes on exactly how to go about it.

That's what makes /me/ sick.

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Re:'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID... by zacharytelschow on Monday December 30, 2013 @05:28PM (#6987485)

"It is not like you can take an electricity bill to any poll location and vote."

It's exactly like that in 8 states + DC ( Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Washington DC.): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Day_voter_registration

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Re:'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID... by clavalle on Monday December 30, 2013 @05:56PM (#6987655)

Well, just spot checking Wisconsin (because that is the first state to come up when I googled 'election day voter registration' requires a valid driver's license for same day registration.

So, no, not exactly like that.

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Re:'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID... by mschuster91 on Monday December 30, 2013 @06:16PM (#6987764)

You need those 20€ only every four to eight years IIRC, and as said you can always apply for assistance if you're earning minimum wage.

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