He won't be absentee if he votes in VA, but from that link, I think this is the key bit:
Special Federal ID Requirements for Certain First Time Voters
For persons who registered to vote in Virginia by mail, federal law requires them to show identification (ID) when voting for the first time in a federal election if they did not send a copy of one of these IDs with their voter registration applications. Voters subject to this special ID requirement will have the phrase "First-time Federal" after the “ID Required” item in their on-line voter registration record. Any of the following types of ID are acceptable:
1. A current and valid photo ID (for example a driver’s license);
2. or a current utility bill, bank statement, government check or paycheck that shows name and address;
3. or another government document that shows name and address (for example a voter card).
He registered through a voting drive, not at a state office or by mail, which is why some of the confusion I think - it's not directly addressed in any of the stuff I've seen. This seems to suggest that his IRS check (or bank statement if it comes in) should be sufficient.
I think what he's really trying to find out is kind of unknowable - with all the shenanigans going on right now with trying to block eligible people from voting, which is certainly going on in VA, it's a matter of how obstructive the poll workers are likely to be, or how likely they are to challenge him. And again, I suspect that's much more likely to be an issue on Nov 4 than in early voting, so I'm going to strongly encourage him to go in ASAP when he gets back to the States.
Thanks all! I'll be sure and let you all know if anything eventful happens.
I am waiting for my steak and eggs at a new-ish place on Clark. They have wifi, obviously.
In recent years I've been having this weird thing where my eyes tear up upon walking out into cold air. (Not because cold air makes me sad). So I was sitting down in this cafe and wiping tears from my eyes. Weird.
Why DO (eta: see?!!) colds make you so unbelievably stupid? I have spent half the morning getting up to do something and forgetting what that is halfway across the room.
I'm not on anything! The only bottle of robitussin is in the office, I've discovered. I need to go out and get some, but I've got laundry going.
hmmm.
Snot is blocking your synapses?
For Hec: Monster band tiki-mugs
Vern sez, "I've been a fan of both the Polynesian tiki scene, and the bubblegum music scene, which often featured studio musicians providing the music for a cartoon band. Those two worlds intersect with a new set of mugs from Tiki Farm - Rigor Morty and the Dirt Nappers. I just received my set, in time for Halloween, and they are sweet. The tallest mug is 9 inches tall. As the Tiki Farm website says - pour yourself a zombie .... in a zombie!"
Hec, do you know Vern? From The Tiki Farm: [link]
Now I want a tiki farm with little ones in the front and some big ol' ones in the back rows. With maybe a totem pole or two.
Hec, do you know Vern? From The Tiki Farm: [link]
Not personally, though I know his work from Tiki News where we both published.
Brenda, I think that, in order to vote in person, your brother needs (1) photo ID to prove he is who he says he is (name-wise), and (2) an "official" document to prove that he lives where he says he lives. The IRS thing, or a bank statement (which he could probably print from the bank's Web site) would work.
