Drivers license to vote?

[phylny]

This is only the second time I've voted here in Bedford County, and I had to produce my license instead of provide a signature next to my name on the roll. Is this new, or was I just not as paranoid a few months ago?

Thanks.

[Virginia Dare]

1. It's been the law for a few years now...n/t

[underpants]

2. Actually NO- but I get that at my poling place too.

From the State Elections Boards FAQ

What type of ID will I be required to have in order to vote in Virginia’s presidential
primaries?
When you go to the polls you will be asked to present identification. Federal law
requires certain voters voting in their first federal election to present any one of the
following acceptable forms of ID:
a current and valid photo identification
or
One of the documents listed below that shows your name and address:
- a current utility bill
- bank statement
- government check or paycheck or
- another government document
All other voters must present one of the following acceptable forms of ID:
- Virginia voter registration card
- Valid Virginia driver’s license
- Military ID
- Any federal, state or local government issued ID
- Employer issued photo ID card
- Social Security card
7. If I don’t have a valid form of ID on Election Day will I still be able to vote?
Yes. If you forget to bring acceptable ID to the polls you may still vote. Most voters
without ID will be requested to sign, under oath, an Affirmation of Identity form
affirming your identity. If you require assistance to vote by reason of physical disability
or an inability to read or write you may request assistance in completing this statement.
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If you are voting for the first time in a federal election and and do not show ID, you may
be required to vote what is called a provisional ballot. This paper ballot will be counted
once it is confirmed you are a registered voter in Virginia and did not cast another ballot.
For more information about Virginia voter identification requirements see:
http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/voterID

http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/documents/FAQ_2008_Presidential_Primaries.pdf

[Virginia Dare]

3. I thought if you didn't have a driver's license..

you had to have one of those non-driver i.d. cards that the DMV provides, or other picture i.d...but I see that's not true.

I know it was pretty controversial when it passed because the Democrats charged that it was designed to disenfranchise immigrants and the poor. Prior to that, you just had to verbally give them your address.

Thanks for the info!

[underpants]

4. No problem

the highly conservative place I vote acts like it is just how it is going to be. They are cooly bullies about it. I haven't got into them with it-today would have been the perfect day to do that- but it pisses me off.

The first time I walked in two of THEM were having a conversation about the touch screen voting machine. I asked, "does it give a receipt" "Doesn't need to" the guy said "We trust people around here" and laughed with his fellow THEM. I was to polite to rip into an old idiot.

[Virginia Dare]

5. Jim Crow alive and well in Virginia..

I guess it's not so surprising unfortunately. Hey Kook-inelly's bill to allow concealed weapons in restaurants was delayed yesterday. Too bad..:crazy:

[underpants]

6. Hey come to think of it

if I did raise a stink in November it would surely cost some Repub votes I mean if I could slow the whole thing down or get them so pissed off they shut it down for a while....hmm.....

[Virginia Dare]

7. Hold that thought...n/t

[GrandmaJones7]

8. But considering how hard it is to get a license under the "legal presence" tests

-isn't this practice of demanding a DL sort of unfair?