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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a poll worker. This misunderstanding and confusion about voter ID drives me nuts.

We already have voter ID. It's your signature. When you sign the voter rolls you are attesting your identity and right to vote.

The only way to fake those votes is to forge hundreds and thousands of signatures, and do it so well that the forgeries pass the intense scrutiny of poll workers and poll watchers.

Picture ID requirements will add literally NOTHING to election security. These proposals are just more fodder for the sheeple who have no idea how elections actually work and are therefore easy to lie to.[/quote]

Then why do poll workers ask for ID?

Also, could you clarify what you mean? I don’t sign anything when I vote. I’m not sure what you mean about checking for forgeries. Could you explain? [/quote]

Wondering if it's jurisdictional?

I am in Loudoun. When I go to vote in person, I hand over my driver's license and recite my address to the poll workers. There's nothing I sign.

Now, when I voted by mail during the last presidential election, the ballot had the large blurb several times about making sure my signature on the ballot matched the signature on my driver's license because that was what was used to verify its authenticity and validity.

Loudoun sends out voter registration cards that shows your district and polling place, but the card has never even been collected by a poll worker in all the years I've been voting here. They can apparently be used to vote in person, though, as I just checked that on the website.

I'm all for photo IDs. I do not see the issue with this at all. I do not favor the states who pass photo ID laws and then restrict the types of acceptable photo IDs. At least Loudoun (perhaps VA) has a long list of acceptable photo IDs. I think the cost to obtain a VA ID is very cheap, too, like $2 or $5. My kid had to have one years ago for something that I can't remember. I would definitely contribute to a fund that could be used to help get more people photo IDs if/when that law passes.  [/quote]

100% I’m all in favor for helping people get an ID. But I don’t see a problem with having someone show an ID to vote. [/quote]

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