Reply #63: validate signatures- yes. they are called judges of election [View All]

[mopinko]

signatures are matched to those recorded at registration. if they don't match, the judge is free to ask for more id.

as far as how big of a deal it is, i'm guessing you have never been old, poor, sick, or disabled. if you have no car, and you don't live where there is public transit, it can be a big deal to go get that id. in some places getting that id means going to a county office that can be 50+ miles away. in lots of places, getting that id means taking the better part of a day to wade through the dmv nether world. can you afford that? lots of people can't.

and even if the id itself is free, you often need to get underlying documents, like birth certificates, that are not.