From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Mon May 19 2003 - 22:59:49 MDT
Karen Rand Smigrodzki wrote,
> Harvey wrote:
> > What state is this, that you don't need ID to vote?
>
> Harvey, are you saying that you live in an area where they
> check your ID to vote? You mean at the voting booth?
Yes. In Florida, they won't let you into the voting place without showing
TWO forms of ID first.
In the 2000 Presidential elections, we even had police roadblocks in some
counties where you couldn't even drive down the street toward the voting
locations without showing ID and valid driver's license to the cops. They
also ran background checks and checked for outstanding warrants before they
let you through.
Once you were inside the place, they then checked your ID again and verified
your eligibility to vote online. If the computers go down or are too busy,
you can't vote even with proper ID, because they can't get the interactive
live permission from the government that says you are allowed to vote. The
online system even checks to make sure you haven't voted in any other
precinct before you are allowed in.
It is extremely controlled. That is why I am so surprised to hear that some
places let you vote without any ID at all.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC, IBMCP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> <www.Newstaff.com>
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