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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:27 AM Original message |
ID required to vote in Colorado |
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JusticeForAll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is an outrage |
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dethl (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. Never mind...I spoke too soon.... |
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shockingelk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. ? |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 04:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. that would be reasonable |
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shockingelk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. your problem is with the abuse then |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. If There's a Problem.... |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. We Don't Have Voter Registration Cards in Colorado |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
83. Also just announced that CO overseas voters |
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ronabop (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. I am currently in Colorado. |
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cenacle (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 04:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. hope you can resolve your situation.... |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I dont know |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. i think the way it's done in Minnesota is to bring a drivers license and |
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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 07:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. you should contact local election officials NOW to see what you need to do |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Can you not: |
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fugop (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Call to confirm |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. The real question is, what constitutes a valid ID |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
50. same in Virginia |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
71. Absentee ballot |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
90. Call election board |
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gatlingforme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. This will become a subjective selection being placed on the person |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 07:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I was an election judge in CO in April |
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gatlingforme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 07:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The homeless are disadvantaged as well as ex-cons, and other |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:22 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Ok...explain to me how HARD it is to get an ID |
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gatlingforme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Well, thanks for the insult, but I have an ID and in Illinois this is |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That doesn't sound very hard to me |
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gatlingforme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Who the hell are you? I do not respond to insults you enjoy doling out. |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. What insult? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:46 AM Response to Reply #23 |
56. It is if you're living under a bridge |
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ParanoidPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 12:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
73. Pardon me RivetJoint but how many native Americans live in CO.? |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:18 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. VERY easy |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:38 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. For free? |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
77. Exactly. |
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Snivi Yllom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
74. I agree |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. How? |
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Chico Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I hope everyone gets the message |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. People ought to know the rules |
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Chico Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
53. Right, and this article discusses CHANGING the rules |
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gatlingforme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Well, plenty of people coming out of prison have an invalid ID |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Then get a new ID |
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gatlingforme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Our opinions differ on this. Do we have stats on this? Will requiring |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. How is it disenfranchising |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:50 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. But are IDs, such as birth certificates, really foolhardy? |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Nothing is foolproof |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. A better way of reducing voter fraud would be shift the burden of proof |
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gatlingforme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:14 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Yes, and if "you" are deciding that in order for others to vote they |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:23 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. That's why it needs to be a uniform LAW |
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gatlingforme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. sometimes getting an ID is not simple for some people. Homeless |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. So anyone can show up |
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gatlingforme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Where I live, when you vote you have to sign your name and they |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
91. Do you know first hand of it being done? |
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AirAmFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
59. Excellent question. Where are the statistics on so-called "voter fraud"? And |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
20. Do birth certificates now have pictures on them? |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I think the answer is |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. So I could accidentally use somebody else's ID |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:31 AM Response to Reply #33 |
48. Apparently a certain amount is permissible |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:45 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Will still be inputting applications on election day |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #55 |
67. The is a remedy for this |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:48 AM Response to Reply #67 |
72. That is very weird |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:03 PM Response to Reply #67 |
92. Voters in that situation should call election board to find out their pct |
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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
31. Missouri has always required ID to vote.... |
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Polemonium (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
35. not surprisingly Colorado is also one of the states with the worst |
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AirAmFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
39. Wait a minute. Why is ID required if people already have registered to vote? |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:19 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I agree. Voting should be as easy as going down the street to buy a paper |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. By then it's too late |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:34 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. But the person voting in my place HAD a valid ID |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. But you said no ID was required |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:51 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Yes, I was trying play by your rules |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:18 AM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Okay, well we just |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:29 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Are stolen elections the fault of the voter? |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:15 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. I think we are having a semantic disagreement here |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Voter Fraud Charges Out West |
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AirAmFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. How often has such a thing happened? I've never heard of even ONE case |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:38 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I like the way North Dakota does it |
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Chico Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:59 AM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Indelible ink? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
94. The first time they have to provide recent documents |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
93. It is not necessary... |
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Almost_there (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
85. There's no signature in NY? Are you sure? |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. Yes I am sure, I've voted often, in the school down the street |
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Blaze Diem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
42. Here in North Dakota, home of Senators Byron Dorgan & Kent Conrad, |
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AirAmFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:27 AM Response to Reply #42 |
69. I really admire the N. Dakota system. It's RIDICULOUS to have a separate |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
81. "ironclad system" |
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MacDo (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
57. I'm Lost. Please help. |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:57 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Those are commercial transactions |
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Chico Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:57 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Personally I think it is that the change was made so close to the election |
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MacDo (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I agree |
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AirAmFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:02 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. What if you have no car, get paid in cash, and can't afford to |
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MacDo (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Wow |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #66 |
88. If your life was that shitty, voting should be the FIRST thing on yr mind |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 02:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
80. For most people its not a big deal to have id. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:22 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. anybody who applies for social services must have to have ID |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Do they? I dunno. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
82. The Constitution |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
95. I don't need ID to drink or buy alcohol |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
62. Can you say "poll tax"? |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
87. Agreed - if they are going to require it, it should be free to get it - |
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UKCynic (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
96. Compulsory registration |
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