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I thought they only send them out with correct timing. How does it work at the voting booths? How do they determine to not let someone vote who isn’t allowed yet when they have an id card and aren’t required any other ID?

My shock is because, for a system that seems so streamlined, why send them out when they’re not supposed to use them yet?
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The OP is from July 23, 2020.

How this works, for voting in person:

1. The 16-year-old comes to the polls.
2. The poll worker looks the 16-year-old up in the poll book, but the 16-year-old is not in the poll book as a voter because the 16-year-old is not a qualified voter.
3. If the 16-year-old nonetheless insists they are a qualified voter, the 16-year-old will be allowed to vote a provisional ballot, which will not be counted, because the 16-year-old is not a qualified voter. Also, the 16-year-old will be breaking the law.

How this works, for vote by mail:

1. The Board of Elections does not send a vote by mail ballot to the 16-year-old, because the 16-year-old is not a qualified voter.

Honestly I sometimes wonder whether everyone shouldn't be required to be a poll worker at least once, similar to jury duty, only I'd hate to inflict some people on the voters as poll workers.

Here's what happened with Governor Youngkin's 17-year-old son, in Virginia, for reference: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/gov-elect-youngkin-s-underage-son-tried-vote-twice-virginia-n1283376

Here's the information about voter registration in Maryland: https://elections.maryland.gov/voter_registration/index.html[/quote]

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