Its 7:39am here in L.A. just got back. there was a small line 20 minutes before the polling place opened. all they did was ask my name and my address. i showed up with drivers license, passport, mil id, blood, DNA and $%#* sample.
i overheard one of the pollworkers say “we cant ask for id” “their signature is their id” WTF?
We showed up with driver’s licenses in hand, but they only wanted a signature.
No lines, no waiting. We live in a liberal area so I doubt our people will win anything. One can hope, though.
Same situation happened at my voting place this morning. I asked the pollworkers and they said they can "ASK" for ID, but if someone doesn't want to show it, then they can't legally turn them away. Gulp.
We all agreed that THAT NOT BEING REQUIRED to show an ID was just plain wrong.
"I see dead people"...
WE NEED VOTING STANDARDS ACROSS THE BOARD.
ID REQUIREMENTS #1 ISSUE TO SETTLE!!
DRIVER’S LICENSE OR ID CARD FROM THE DMV. Yes, I know they can be forged, but enough with this “show up with your electric bill and you can vote” crap. Too easy for fraud that way!
I hear ya...Here in GA they can still demand to see your DL which the NAACP has tried hard to get thrown out in the courts. I doubt they would turn you away if you didn’t have some sort of picture ID but at least they do ask for it.
My wife and I voted early last week so I didn’t get to experiance the polling places today. I did notice as I drove by that a small line had formed a little after 8am in my very conservitive area.