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I'm not understanding you here. Are you saying that I, as a resident of Washington, should be able to pop over the state line and cast my vote in Idaho or Oregon if I want? Isn't that what a stricter voter ID requirement is supposed to prevent?
If every state had voter ID and a standardized system that could communicate with the other state systems there is absolutely no reason you couldn't vote at the nearest available polling place whether it's neighboring district or across the country. Voter ID can radically alter how we vote, start thinking out of the box.
Should we extend that to the Second Amendment as well?
I wouldn't mind owning a bazooka or a full auto Tommy gun.
We have encumbrances on the Second Amendment due to public safety concerns so why shouldn't we have voter a ID law to safe guard the sanctity of our elections?
You can own a full auto gun, bazooka or a even a tank. Register it and pay the tax stamp.
If every state had voter ID and a standardized system that could communicate with the other state systems there is absolutely no reason you couldn't vote at the nearest available polling place whether it's neighboring district or across the country. Voter ID can radically alter how we vote, start thinking out of the box.
So every locality in the country would have to have the ballots for every other locality in the country?
For instance, I would be able to vote for position #3 on my local water district board at any place in the country?
Now, if you're talking about online voting, I'm tentatively on board with that, but that doesn't seem to be what you're talking about.
(Tentatively, because there are a LOT of wrinkles to be ironed out - but I'm sure that it could be done.)
In Denmark, everyone has to have a personal identification number and a registered address. One blood test at the doctor's office, and we become members of the DNA registry.
But we don't have voter IDs. That is because the government already knows who is eligible to vote. So, we just show a drivers' license or a passport to the lady behind the desk at the voting place; she thumbs through the voters' list; checks us off and hands us a ballot. We are good to go.
In Denmark, everyone has to have a personal identification number and a registered address. One blood test at the doctor's office, and we become members of the DNA registry.
But we don't have voter IDs. That is because the government already knows who is eligible to vote. So, we just show a drivers' license or a passport to the lady behind the desk at the voting place; she thumbs through the voters' list; checks us off and hands us a ballot. We are good to go.
That's not a bad idea actually
That has to be very effective to solve crimes like rape.
In Denmark, everyone has to have a personal identification number and a registered address. One blood test at the doctor's office, and we become members of the DNA registry.
But we don't have voter IDs. That is because the government already knows who is eligible to vote. So, we just show a drivers' license or a passport to the lady behind the desk at the voting place; she thumbs through the voters' list; checks us off and hands us a ballot. We are good to go.
Yes you do, it sounds like Denmark does it right. A driver's license or passport is voter ID. So would Non-Drivers ID. Voter ID is just something that identifies a person as a legal voter.
Having worked in a bank, I have seen the vast majority of people will be able to get some kind of voter ID, usually a Drivers License from their state or an Non-Drivers License from their state. Either that or someone will help them get it. It is very hard to function as an adult without some kind of ID.
Because of this, I am extremely suspicious of the motive of groups who try to block Voter ID laws. If they were really concerned about the rights of the handful of people without ID, then they would help get them ID. They have 365 days a year to do this. But instead they do nothing.
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