The right to vote
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could not agree more!
Tigga please. Voting has not protected one single right in the 51 years I've been alive, and the 30 or so I've been paying attention. We vote our asses off in this country and our rights are slowly being eroded anyway. Hell, most of us vote to HAVE our rights taken away.
#whitepriviledge
progressives ability to stuff the ballot box, is being threatened
funny thing Progressives don't go trotting out other Countries Voter ID Laws - only American Welfare cases
https://www.reddit.com/r/NeutralPolitics/comments/1q4giw/voter_id_laws_around_the_world/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_ID_laws
Canada:
- Show one original government-issued piece of identification with photo, name and address, like a driver's license or a health card.
- Show two original pieces of authorized identification. Both pieces must have a name and one must also have an address. Examples: student ID card, birth certificate, public transportation card, utility bill, bank/credit card statement, etc.
- Take an oath and have an elector who knows the voter vouch for them (both of whom must make a sworn statement). This person must have authorized identification and their name must appear on the list of electors in the same polling division as the voter. This person can only vouch for one person and the person who is vouched for cannot vouch for another elector.
Germany:
Voters must present their polling notification and a piece of photo ID (identity card, passport, form of identification).
Netherlands:
Voters must present their polling notification and a piece of photo ID (passport, identity card, or drivers license).
Switzerland:
In Swiss cantons that still use the Landsgemeinde or cantonal assembly, men may identify themselves as freeman allowed to bear arms and vote by showing their sword. Women, and men who choose to do so, may show their voting card instead.
Brazil:
In Brazil voting is compulsory to all citizens between 18 and 70 years old.[1] To vote, all citizens must:
- Be registered to vote
- Report in person to the voting section[2]
- Present an official identity document with photo, usually the regular ID card (cédula de identidade)
Indelible ink - An alternative to voter ID, many countries use indelible ink, into which the voter dips a finger.
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U.N. Poll Watchers Baffled U.S. Doesn't Require I.D. to Vote
Those of us who thought U.N election observers would be completely worthless or unhelpful today, were wrong. U.N. observers are expressing their surprise at how much trust Americans put into the election system without verification and cannot believe Voter I.D. isn't a national requirement to vote.
As we all know by now, those opposed to an identification requirement at the polls believe Voter I.D. laws disenfranchise minority voters. As I observed earlier today when I voted in Virgnina, a state with a Voter I.D. requirement, minorities in line with me had zero issues complying with the law and they all had photo I.D. Also, 75 percent of registered voters believe Voter I.D. should be required at the polls.
Those of us who thought U.N election observers would be completely worthless or unhelpful today, were wrong. U.N. observers are expressing their surprise at how much trust Americans put into the election system without verification and cannot believe Voter I.D. isn't a national requirement to vote.
"It's an incredible system," said Nuri K. Elabbar, who traveled to the United States along with election officials from more than 60 countries to observe today's presidential elections as part of a program run by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). Your humble Cable guy visited polling places with some of the international officials this morning. Most of them agreed that in their countries, such an open voting system simply would not work.
The most often noted difference between American elections among the visitors was that in most U.S. states, voters need no identification. Voters can also vote by mail, sometimes online, and there's often no way to know if one person has voted several times under different names, unlike in some Arab countries, where voters ink their fingers when casting their ballots.
The international visitors also noted that there's no police at U.S. polling stations. In foreign countries, police at polling places are viewed as signs of security; in the United States they are sometimes seen as intimidating.
The most often noted difference between American elections among the visitors was that in most U.S. states, voters need no identification. Voters can also vote by mail, sometimes online, and there's often no way to know if one person has voted several times under different names, unlike in some Arab countries, where voters ink their fingers when casting their ballots.
The international visitors also noted that there's no police at U.S. polling stations. In foreign countries, police at polling places are viewed as signs of security; in the United States they are sometimes seen as intimidating.
As we all know by now, those opposed to an identification requirement at the polls believe Voter I.D. laws disenfranchise minority voters. As I observed earlier today when I voted in Virgnina, a state with a Voter I.D. requirement, minorities in line with me had zero issues complying with the law and they all had photo I.D. Also, 75 percent of registered voters believe Voter I.D. should be required at the polls.