Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:32 AM 11/2/2004, you wrote: >Tina > >They ask for Identification here in Iowa. This is a proper thing as far >as I am concerned. How else are they going to know if you are who you say >you are? > >Gene There have been protests reported in the newspaper by people saying that asking for identification is intimidating to people who may not have a driver's license or their voter registration card. The ACLU has filed protests saying that people with disabilities and homeless people may not have any of the listed identifications. Several states have ruled that people without identification may vote provisionally by taking an oath. Others have protested that asking for identification is an invasion of their privacy. I voted at 7:20 this morning after standing in line for about half an hour. The process seemed very quick and efficient. Poll workers said the the lines were not as long as expected because many people voted by absentee ballot - over 8,000 in our county where the usual absentee ballots number about 200. Everybody was so afraid that they would be in line for hours. North Carolinians could vote early and lines have been four and five hours long at the polls all last week. I took photos at our precinct with no problems. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com