When I vote in Pennsylvania in November, I'm going to ask for some identification

[rug]

before I show them mine.

How do I know they really work for the Board of Elections?

[daleanime]

1. Nice!

[nc4bo]

2. I really like this idea!! nt

[snooper2]

3. thanks for the idea, will be doing the same in Texas

[Demeter]

4. I don't know about other states

but in Michigan every poll worker is issued a photo id and must wear it while on duty.

It is distinctive and changes for each election.

Similarly, should there be a poll watcher or a challenger, they also have state-issued ids. Even though they don't work for the state, they have to be identified to have the right to perform their self-appointed tasks.

[nc4bo]

6. I'm not sure what sort of tricks those GOP TruetheVote people are attempting

Several DUers are signing up to get an inside view but I wouldn't put it past them to try something crazy like pretend they're something they aren't.

[jwirr]

5. I read the requirements for your state and I would not be able to vote there because of my homeless

status. I have voted in every election since John F. Kennedy.

[rug]

13. I hope your state has better laws.

Best of luck on your situation.

[jwirr]

15. The teabaggers are trying but I am quite confident that Gov. Dayton will veto it. I would probably

be okay anyhow as several of the people working the precinct know me. I would throw a fit if I did not get to vote.

[rug]

16. Wow. I admire your spirit.

If and when I become homeless I think voting would be the least of my cares.

But you're right. Keep fighting.

[jwirr]

17. I keep fighting because there is no other way to get out of the mess that caused my homelessness.

I am one of the fortunate homeless though - I have a bed on a couch in the corner of one of my daughter's homes. And most of the things I had are stored in her garage.

[leveymg]

7. Generally, not a good idea to hassle the poll workers.

Most are really nice, civic-minded people who do this because they want to help you vote. Most of them do not like to ask you for an ID any more than you like having to show them one. Go after the Repug State legislators who passed these anti-voting laws.

It's a long day and low wages for them, and the setting up and closing out the polls are surprisingly complex. Don't make their work any harder than it already is.

[Throd]

8. Dickish behavior is a poor way to make a point.

The poll workers do not create policy.

[MgtPA]

9. Those poll workers are not your enemy, and have nothing to do with the Voter ID law.

My Mom worked the polls for at least 20 years. It was a very long day for a little old lady, but she viewed it as a civic responsibility. The first election she missed was the day she died.

Poll workers in PA are either elected or appointed by both parties. During the PA Primary, the poll worker to whom I showed by driver's license was a woman who campaigned tirelessly for Obama in '08, phonebanking with my husband and participating in GOTV efforts for Obama at Murphy's headquarters. When I handed her my photo ID, we both rolled our eyes.

[HappyMe]

10. It's not the poll workers fault.

They are just doing their job.
It doesn't seem cool to me to hassle your neighbors just to make a point.

[oldhippie]

11. And if they refuse to show you their ID ....

.... what are you going to do? Not vote?

This seems pointless other than to hassle the volunteers.

[rug]

14. In that case I'll cast a provisional ballot.

It can be hashed out later.

This county is heavily republican.

[Ship of Fools]

12. Thanks for this!

I went to vote in a primary a while back, and they didn't ask to see
mine...probably because I'm white. It pissed me off, so I whipped out
my DL and made everyone who handled any of my paperwork look at it.