Yes, because that determines your polling place. At least the way I remember it. I think you can even do it online now.
You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Mar 21, 2011 5:26:39 am PDT #29400 of 30001
Because books.
§ ita § - Mar 21, 2011 5:29:00 am PDT #29401 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So how does it work if you're homeless? Are there shelter or somesuch addresses you can use?
I just emailed in sick another day. This is really kicking my ass.
Amy - Mar 21, 2011 5:30:28 am PDT #29402 of 30001
Because books.
Wouldn't your note have covered today, too? Thursday, Friday, and today?
I'm honestly not sure what happens if you don't have an address.
amych - Mar 21, 2011 5:32:10 am PDT #29403 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
So how does it work if you're homeless? Are there shelter or somesuch addresses you can use?
This is one of the big issues - one of the major services that shelters provide (beyond just coming in from the cold and maybe some food) is that they can provide an address for anything from finding a job to registering your kids for school to registering to vote. People (and agencies, and addresses) like those are a lot of what the "voter fraud" cranks like to yell about.
§ ita § - Mar 21, 2011 5:33:50 am PDT #29404 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, I'm covered notewise for today. I just really really want to be well enough to work, so I beat myself up for it.
So, basically, one shouldn't have to a) pay b) be photographed or c) be put in the fingerprinting system in order to have to vote, and that's at the very least what your state is trying to enforce, msbelle? And they'll let one state do that and not the rest?
amych - Mar 21, 2011 5:34:12 am PDT #29405 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Unrelated to voting, I seriously need to get productive today. I lost a huge chunk of last week and have 3 projects at once. Which is yay but also ACK.
msbelle - Mar 21, 2011 5:40:29 am PDT #29406 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I would not be surprised if the measure gets challenged in court, but then it will be fuel for an argument of "The Fed gov't telling us what to do!!!" How DARE they.
Amy - Mar 21, 2011 5:45:31 am PDT #29407 of 30001
Because books.
I just found this, too:
Seven states have enacted voter identification laws that require or request certain forms of photo identification from voters. They are Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan and South Dakota, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Some of these states' laws are more strict than others.
§ ita § - Mar 21, 2011 5:48:32 am PDT #29408 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've been in someone's photo files since before I could speak, so it's hard for me to process that as something limiting or undesirable. I'm sure fingerprints followed shortly afterwards.
However, it was always something theoretically worth paying for. Being able to vote isn't "worth paying for." It is priceless.
Gudanov - Mar 21, 2011 5:53:40 am PDT #29409 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I have to show ID to vote, but that ID can be a voter registration card, it doesn't have to be a photo ID.