atooraya

Without an ID, you cast a provisional ballot, and have to show ID later in Maryland...
https://www.marylandattorneygeneral....tingFAQ.aspx#7

Seneca Pilot

Only if its your first time voting. If you are previously registered none of that applies.

7. Do I need to bring ID?

Usually, you will not be asked to show ID if your name is on the list of registered voters. However, you will be asked to show ID if:

• You registered by mail and have not previously met the identification requirements.
• Someone in the polling place challenges your identity.
• You are registering to vote during early voting or changing your address during early voting.
  

If you do not have your ID with you, you may vote a provisional ballot for the presidential general election and bring your ID to your local election board before 10 a.m. on November 12, 2020, so that your identity and eligibility can be verified in time to count your vote. Either way, the acceptable forms of identification are:

• A Maryland Driver's License or other Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) issued identification
• A student ID card that contains a photo
• An employee ID card that contains a photo
• A passport or other government issued ID
• OR, if you do not have those forms of ID: a utility bill, bank statement, government check or paycheck that shows your name and address and is less than 3 months old. If you are showing ID because you are voting for the first time, your name and address on the document must match the information on the voter registration roll.

atooraya

I’m not sure I was asked for an IF in my state last time I voted in person, but I remember being asked to verify my address and birthday when I voted. I believe this bill realizes the difficulties of getting a photo ID during a pandemic

firefighterplt

My state is ID or sign an affidavit ballot. Basically, I am who I say I am, under penalty of law.

No ID? You can vote. But if we catch you lying, we are going to crush you.

I don’t have a problem with that.

Excargodog

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furloughfuntime

it's funny how the right insists on making it as difficult as possible to vote using "voter fraud" as an excuse when they cant even find evidence of voter fraud, because they know the majority of the country is against them.

it's also funny how the latest instances of voter fraud were committed by Republicans

if you can't appeal to the voters through policy, make sure they don't get to vote!

Seneca Pilot

Yup, the majority is clearly against voter ID.AUGUST 22, 2016

Four in Five Americans Support Voter ID Laws, Early Voting

BY JUSTIN MCCARTHY

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• 63% of Americans support automatic voter registration
• Democrats (85%) most likely to favor early voting
• Republicans overwhelmingly support voter ID laws (95%)

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As partisan-fueled court battles over state voting laws are poised to shape the political landscape in 2016 and beyond, new Gallup research shows four in five Americans support both early voting and voter ID laws. A smaller majority of 63% support automatic voter registration.
Americans' Support for Election Law Policies
In general, do you favor or oppose each of the following election law policies? Early voting, which gives all voters the chance to cast their ballot prior to Election Day Favor: 80% Oppose: 18% Requiring all voters to provide photo identification at their voting place in order to vote Favor: 80% Oppose: 19% Automatic voter registration, whereby citizens are automatically registered to vote Favor: 63% Oppose: 34% GALLUP, AUG. 15-16, 2016

These data come from an Aug. 15-16 Gallup poll.

While providing early voting opportunities and requiring voters to show photo identification at polling stations are popular among a majority of Americans, both are contentiously debated by party leaders and are being contested in state courts. Most recently, a federal judge in Ohio ruled against limiting early voting, saying the move would discriminate against black voters. There are electorally strategic reasons as to why each major political party has a stake in the two contested policies.

Majorities of Democrats and Republicans support early voting, but the option finds more favor among Democrats (85%) than Republicans (74%). Early voting typically benefits Democratic candidates, who have performed well electorally among early voters in many states that allow the option. Blacks and lower-income Americans -- key Democratic support blocs -- disproportionately opt to vote early.
Americans' Support for Election Law Policies, by Party
Do you favor or oppose each of the following election law policies? (% Favor) Early votingPhoto ID requirementAutomatic voter registration %%%Republicans749551Independents808358Democrats856 380GALLUP, AUG. 15-16, 2016

Downtime

So the problem with voter ID is less about getting an ID and more about the games that get played. For instance having worked with habitat for humanity and talking to some of tenants when they lived in the bad part of town there weren’t dmvs. So while working a minimum wage job that they had no sick time or personal time it would take them all day to get an id. That assuming a bus or train route went anywhere near a dmv. They don’t have 70’bucks to blow on an Uber. Right now for instance I am trying to help a guy get a license to drive he lives on the north side of Atlanta and the only dmv that can do his test is in Lagrange. Basically the game in Ga has been require an ID and then surgically close dmvs in areas that don’t tend to support the current majority. So for a lot of people even a free ID isn’t free.

Seneca Pilot

This might help. I am not familiar with Atlanta.

https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=a5eec...=2&form=S00027

kingairfun

Not in numbers we're about to see. And not with a bunch of crying libs tossing ballots.