What are the voting laws in your state regarding voter ID requirements?

No ID required. Every time Scott Walker pushes ID requirements through the State Supreme Court over rules him. Hooray!

California.
(1) Current and valid photo identification provided by a third party in the ordinary course of business that
includes the name and photograph of the individual presenting it. Examples of photo identification include,
but are not limited to, the following documents:
(A) driver’s license or identification card of any state;
(B) passport;
(C) employee identification card;
(D) identification card provided by a commercial establishment;
(E) credit or debit card;
(F) military identification card;
(G) student identification card;
(H) health club identification card;
(I) insurance plan identification card; or
(J) public housing identification card.

(2) Any of the following documents, provided that the document includes the name and address of the
individual presenting it, and is dated since the date of the last general election, unless the document is intended to be of a permanent nature such as a pardon or discharge or unless the date requirements of paragraph (F) apply, including:
(A) utility bill;
(B) bank statement;
(C) government check;
(D) government paycheck;
(E) document issued by a governmental agency;
(F) sample ballot or other official elections document issued by a governmental, agency dated for the
election in which the individual is providing it as proof, of residency or identity;
(G) voter notification card issued by a governmental agency;
(H) public housing identification card issued by a governmental agency;
(I) lease or rental statement or agreement issued by a governmental agency;
(J) student identification card issued by a governmental agency;
(K) tuition statement or bill issued by a governmental agency;
(L) insurance plan card or drug discount card issued by a governmental agency;
(M) discharge certificates, pardons, or other official documents issued to the individual by a governmental agency in connection with the resolution of a criminal case, indictment, sentence, or other matter;
(N) public transportation authority senior citizen and disabled discount cards issued by a governmental
agency;
(O) identification documents issued by governmental disability agencies;
(P) identification documents issued by government homeless shelters and other government temporary or
transitional facilities;
(Q) drug prescription issued by a government doctor or other governmental health care provider;
(R) property tax statement issued by a governmental agency;
(S) vehicle registration issued by a governmental agency; or
(T) vehicle certificate of ownership issued by a governmental agency.

Where I live you need either the national ID card or your passport to get to vote.

No ID required. It really concerns me. I could walk in and vote, then come back later and say I’m my neighbor who is bedfast and vote.

No ID. They compare signatures, but they all know me by name anyways. I can’t get away with anything around here.

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We (PA) came really close to having a voter ID law, but it got overturned at the last minute. I’m very glad.

We will be asked for ID but will not be denied if we can’t/refuse to produce.

In Germany, everyone has to have a federal ID anyway. To not have one is against the law.

My state issues voter cards for free. Everyone has voter identification, but there’s no worries about it constituting a poll tax. Pretty simple, really.

Same as CA for now. We do have a voter ID law. We’ll see if they try to enforce it for the next election.

Massachusetts handles it in a very sane and simple way. Registration roles are made into a book that goes to your precinct. When you go in to vote, they ask you for your last and first name, and your address. If they find you on the roles, they check off your name, give you a ballot, and let you vote. If two or more people show up all claiming to be the same person at the same address, they know somebody is lying, and they take real names and numbers till they figure out who. If you are out of your district or your name somehow got left off, you can vote, but with a provisional ballot. It doesn’t count till they verify you are a registered voter. There is video of the whole check in process, so if any dead men vote, or if someone votes in my name before I show up, they are going to be identified and arrested for voting fraud. We’ve had a grand total of 1 indictment for voter fraud. That wasn’t a dead man voting, or street bums (poor blacks) being bussed in as we so often hear from Republicans, but a Republican alderman who got caught on 12 counts of trying to manipulate the vote count.

I am always asked for ID here in TN since I moved here 7 years ago, so I assume it is the law. A few times a woman I know is the person whp checks me in, and she always sort of apologizes for having to ask for ID, because she knows me. I don’t remember being asked for ID in FL? Maybe my memory is bad though.

I voted in Colorado for the first time today and did have to show my ID and update my residence information. But where I’ve voted before (PA) you only had to show it the first time. I think it makes sense to show an ID when you go…it’s not a hassle and I feel like it would keep things more in check. Who knows.

In Oregon:
1: Fill out a 30 second card at the post office with your name, address, and political party.
2: Wait for a ballot to be mailed to the address provided.
3: Fill it out and mail it in.

I never had to show ID. They do match signatures on the form and the ballot.

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