Ria Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I didn't. In our township in PA, you only show your ID the first time you vote. The next time they just compare signatures. Honestly, I'd feel much better if everyone showed their ID every year. So, ID or no ID in your area? Ria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I was asked for my ID. I'm in a REALLY small town in GA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janna Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Yes, I had to show my ID *and* they compared the sig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Nope. We didn't have to show any ID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I showed ID, but no sig was required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillary in KS Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 The only time we've had to show ID was when we moved to other states, and needed to bring ID or a utility bill the first time we voted. I agree with you about ID, though, and it was a big issue when we lived in WI. In the 2000 election there were some major election rules violations and multiple allegations (and evidence) of voter fraud. Several political groups tried to enact legislation that would require an ID card to vote, and even made provisions for those who could not afford driver's licenses, etc. to get a free ID card (So no one would be "disenfranchised."). But it got shot down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I live in a very small town and we always have to show ID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I didn't, but one of my neighbors on my street is the one who signs me in - she knows it's me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Yes. We were not on the signature list, though, because it was our first time voting in our new town. Had to vote with a paper ballot because we weren't keyed in to use the touch screens. Had to show i.d. with the paper ballot, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I'm also in GA, just outside the metro Atlanta area. Yes, they checked ID's and we had to sign a statement confirming we were the person we said we were. Then we went inside where they compared the signature on the form to the signature on your ID. When we lived in podunk KY we had to show ID's, sign the register, then they compared the signature in the register to the signature on your ID. Back in podunk AR we had to show ID's. The thing I remember most about voting there was being handed a pencil so I could fill in the bubbles! Ok, that was about 10 years ago but still. Punch cards have been around since I was a kid! Cinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I did here in Alabama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicksMama-Zack's Mama Too Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I appreciated it. I always compliment stores that ask for additional ID when I use my cc. I'm sure it helps keep fraud down. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Another small town, Ga resident here. They checked my id and signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I showed my driver's license, but that works if you don't have your voter registration card. Needless to say, almost everyone just shows the DL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5knights3maidens Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 We are in a smaller town in PA but we always have to show Id. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarrow Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 No ID required here in NH - just give your name and you vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELaurie Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I did in the Chicago suburbs, but when listening to the radio earlier today, I heard an announcement reminding first time voters to bring IDs to the polls, without a similar reminder for those who had voted in the past, which made me wonder if the requirement is different in Chicago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Podunk town in NJ, no ID. I was tempted to vote twice.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melora in NC Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 No id required. I just told them my name & address and signed the book. We live in a one stop sign town, so the volunteers pretty much know who everyone is anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Katia Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 No. I didn't have to show ID and they didn't check my signature. Never have in the 9 yrs. I've lived here. (small town, Iowa) I think I had to show ID in Kansas, Missouri and Michigan. I can't remember Ohio.....too long ago:001_smile: Oh, and no ID for voting in Oklahoma nor did they check siggys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkett Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I'm in Maryland. I had to show my voter registration. Then they asked me to verify my birthday (I guess as an added verification). Voting was smooth. People working were friendly, professional and helpful. This is the third election I've been able to vote in person (we were stationed out of our home state previously) and I've never had a problem. :) Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Everyone in the state has to show ID to vote. Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeOnTheRanch Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 No ID. They just confirmed my address and I signed the book next to the copy from my voter reg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Yes, I was asked for I.D.; however, it's my first time voting in this state. DH was not asked for ID. Plus, I registered to vote online, with nothing to verify my address. Today, they allowed my voter registration card to stand as proof of my address. Hmmm. I'm with you. I'd like them to require ID (and signature matching) every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Bakersfield. I have never had to show ID or a voter's registration card or anything. I simply walk in, tell them my name, sign on the line, and take my ballot. That's crazy, but that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 No ID. I just gave my name and address. Stupid. The poll workers don't know anyone. When I lived in another city in the same state I had to show ID. I don't know why this one doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Nope, no ID required here. I took my driver's license, just in case, but they didn't even ask to see my voter registration card (which is good because I have no idea where it is). I had to sign a sticker, which they put on a form and I had to give to another person to get my ballot, but they didn't check it against anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Most definitely (metro Atl area). The lady even looked at my photo & scrutinized me to see if I looked the same, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anissarobert Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Nope-They don't ask for ID or our voters cards here. We had to the first time years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 No. They asked my name, then I signed the ledger. They didn't check the signature. (Iowa) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KS_ Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 No ID here - you just state your name,they have you sign and then you vote. I don't even know that they compare signatures. . .I didn't see anything that had my signature on it for them to compare it to. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 In fact someone several people ahead of me gave his to the person checking people off and was told by an official (not a volunteer) that no ID was necessary in a way that did not brook anyone getting their's out. It was weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Had to show ID and they compared signatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 The license has a strip on the back that they can scan. They used that information to make sure I was eligible to vote. I then signed the book. It made it much faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 No id required here. I was 4th in line at our precinct, which serves about 1000 residents. They told me I had already voted. I informed them that I had not ( asked them to loook again because there is a woman in our town with the same name as me but her middle initial is L) and they looked and remarked how funny that they had three Annie L's and that all three voted in advance as absentee. There is NO WAY that in our little town there are THREE women with the SAME name in MY precinct...we're a small town. They did let me vote(just marked out where it said I had already voted), but initially gave me a ballot that only had the federal items on it, and the back (where the state and local items are) was blank. So we all had to get another and start over. I have no expectation that our town's results will be accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I didn't. In our township in PA, you only show your ID the first time you vote. The next time they just compare signatures. Honestly, I'd feel much better if everyone showed their ID every year. So, ID or no ID in your area? Ria Nope, just my voter ID card. I've voted here twice before, so they found my name on the roll, wrote their info confirming that I was there, got my signature on the line, then moved me onto the voting machines. Dh's machine wouldn't let him vote for his third party candidate, so they had to come intervene and figure out what to do. (I told him as I passed by out the door after my uneventful vote that it was a sign that he wasn't *supposed* to vote third party. Heh.) He finally cast his vote after a very few minutes of finagling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Podunk town in NJ, no ID. I was tempted to vote twice.;) I imagine they have a record that you've already voted, though, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E_Edgerton Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I had to show my voters registration and they compared signature, but no ID was required. I find that odd. I show it anyway. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I voted absentee and needed my drivers license to cast my early ballot. But...If I remember correctly from our last local election, they asked my name and address while looking me up on the roster. Then I just signed no signature comparison. I want to show my id, but they are usually just so casual at our local polling location. (Not a small town by any measure.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I had to show ID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzf242 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Nope. We also live in a small township. Our ladies working in the polls know just about everyone who comes in, plus where they live and just about anything else you would want to know....and I like it that way. :) Suzanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Yes here in Alabama. ID and sign in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Hen Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 ID here, and it must be shown before you enter the building, and again when they check your name and address against what is on the list. I think you show it at the entrance just so if you forgot it you don't go in and wait in line and then find out you need it. Carole, Small-town Delaware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ria Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 Wow...I'm very surprised at the number of us who don't show ID. I think it should be mandatory. You guys would have laughed at me...I gave my name, the woman looked me up and asked me to sign, and I started grilling her about IDs, etc. You would have thought I was a radical, for Pete's sake. But really, someone ought to be checking! Ria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 ID and signature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Yes they checked when i voted early. Not sure what she checked it against on the computer screen. It's a totally different process when you vote on election day - but i haven't done that for a few elections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Nope, in MS they just ask your name, check the voter rolls to see if your on them and have you sign in. Easy peasy. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriM Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 No ID required in NC. We had to state our full name and give our address. :c) I'd feel better if we voted online, and had fewer polling places and paper forms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 No ID, but I have to give my address, which they check against a list that includes registered adults at that location, and check me in before I vote and then out after I vote. If someone else came in and claimed to be me before I got there, I guess they could vote and then I'd have trouble! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 No i.d. since I registered when I got my driver's license. I just sign the log book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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