Should voters be required to show a photo id?

Question

There are some states making that the law. I agree.

Answer 1

I agree also in order to prevent voter impersonation.

Btw, in case you are unaware, some of those recent state laws have been overturned as unconstitutional; although, I have not looked at the details that determined this. I would have to examine the voting laws first.

Now with that said, because I am a constitutionalists, I would agree with not requiring a photo id if that is the final determination by the Federal Supreme Court.

I personally can't see how it is unconstitutional under the 24th Admendment which states. "The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax."
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxxiv.html

As you can see, there is no tax or poll tax involved. Stating that the photo ids must be free is a little over the top. Under that rationale then since clothes are required, should I get free clothes to wear when I go vote?

Answer 2

Most places I've seen are happy enough if you have your voter registration card. I work the polls, and never asked anyone for their id - we have book that has your name in it if you're supposed to be voting in my distrtict. Where can one vote if one isn't registered? Perhaps instead of the id, someone should concentrate on making a standard voting machine (not computerized!!) that would be used in all 50 states. I would think that is more important than anything else - no more hanging chads, no more voter fraud, etc. And perhaps voter profiling should be outlawed - in 2000 and 2004, Florida's government asked for a vague list of felons, mainly blacks, and denied people the vote. The problem was, the guidelines were purposely loose so that even if names and addresses weren't an exact match, they showed up as felons and thus were disallowed the right to vote. Hundreds of blacks who had never even had parking tickets showed up to vote and were told they were felons and couldn't. This is much more impotant than flashing your id - besides, people can get fake id's anywhere.

Answer 3

Only so long as the same law requiring the photo id also provides an easy-to-use no-cost system for voters to get those photo ids.

If a state requires it, any voter should be able to go to their voter registration place and get a photo id made at no cost.

Answer 4

We are required to show a photo ID if we do not have our voters registration card on us at the time. I have to show my id for everything else... You don't have to have a drivers license to get a Photo identification. what would be so hard about setting up a camera for when you go to the courthouse and register? Also even if it does take another couple of days to get your registration card back as opposed to immediately, you still cant vote if the upcoming election is within 30 days of your registration (in my state anyway).

Answer 5

In the state where I live, we are already required to show photo ID when voting.

Answer 6

i do not imagine each person fantastically a lot!) has any challenge with ensuring someone is who they say they're even as they seem on the polls. and really, requiring sufficient identity is proper (and constitutional). notwithstanding--it really is the dispute (strippeped of political hretoric). traditionally, one of those underhanded concepts were used to maintain voters from voting in elections even as it wasn't in the activity of those in power. the most nicely-prevalent is, of direction, the exclusing of blacks in the Jim Crow South---notwithstanding that is a ways from being the actually eexample. the priority is that some undesirable human beings ought to have situation paying for voter IDs (in Georgia they solved that challenge via creating those without motive force's licenses eligible for a loose identity). There are onte rconcerns as well, yet you get the conception. And--our society being what that is, this implies undesirable--and minorities--being excluded. The voter identity ought to nicely be constitutional--notwithstanding the advocates ought to ought to fulfill the courtroom on 2 factors: a million) that it should be executed with no need t he effect of except for some voters. 2)that that is critical. The courtroom oftentimes gained't uphold such guidelines (any coping with civil liberties/rights) except the advocates instruct the regulation is mandatory (right here, it really is questionable--skipping the hype: can we actually have a challenge with votr fraud? no human being looks waiting to furnish data to that effect, so a ways as i comprehend). And--ultimately, the advocates ought to instruct that there is not any "a lot less intrusive" thanks to finish the wanted effect. in my opinion--i imagine the Curt will rule its constitutional (i'm a Demcrat, bTW)--yet on condition that safeguards (eg. a loose identity decision for the undesirable) are sufficient.

Answer 7

I believe they should. They also need to have a paper vote. This way, they have a record that cannot be tampered with electronically.
Maybe a I.Q. above 50 would be helpful, Are you idiots who were so confused at the voting booth in Florida still out in the general public? I really think anyone who walks into a voting booth, and does not have the sense to take in the simple voting system in front of them, needs to be under supervision. How hard is it to punch a hole in a card? Hanging chads? Use a paper vote, with no sections that can fall out. A plain paper that can only show a pierced hole. If you are to stupid to punch a hole out, check yourself into a institution.

Answer 8

As long as the IDs are available for free, and the person has enough time to get one before the election, that is valid.

Charging for the IDs, or making the process so cumbersome that some people cannot get them, is a constitutional violation under the 24th Amendment. Yes, the 24th.

Answer 9

Since the democrats tried stealing votes in the last election I think it should be mandatory to show a photo ID. Of course, here in Wisconsin we have a liberal democrat as governor so of course he's against it. I guess the dems figure it will be harder to steal elections with the photo ID.

Answer 10

I think that is a really good idea, I didn't know they were making it a law but yes I agree with it.