ID Required?

[BehindTheCurtain]

I was hoping someone here might give me an answer. I searched the Ohio gov pages and the BOE for answers, but haven't found anything I'd call conclusive.

If you show up at your polling station, sans voting card, are you required to show ID or other proof of who you are? The only time the issue is addressed is to say that you don't need the card.

Someone shed some light on the subject for me?

[Philostopher]

1. Required?

Not necessarily. If you're in the right precinct, and your name is on the rolls, they may not ask. I wouldn't rely on this, but I've never been asked, and I've been voting since 1982 in Ohio.

Of course, I'm a Caucasian woman, and now middle-aged -- I doubt they'd suspect me of attempting to vote when I wasn't eligible. They never asked me when I was younger, either, though.

Photo I.D. and something showing your Social Security Number and your residence (i.e., a utility bill, phone bill, bank statement, etc.) should be enough. If you have a student I.D. and a SS Card, or if you have an Ohio Driver's license with your SSN on it, or a driver's license and a SS Card (if the SSN isn't on your license), you should be fine, as long as you report to the polling place where you're registered.

[WLKjr]

2. Comming from a poll worker

you best bring it just in case you get challenged, bring it just to be on the safe side and have all your bases covered. I took mine with me the first time I voted and was asked for it to verify my address.

[cmd]

3. Agree, take it with you

Though you should not be asked for it, if you are on the rolls. The important thing here is that you get to vote quickly and that the lines are not so long others are discouraged. We can fight the id battle another time.

edited for clarity

[bones_7672]

4. Most of us ...

usually carry some ID anyway, like a drivers license. Wouldn't hurt to have it.

[AngryOldDem]

5. Agree

If you are duly registered, they really have no reason to question you. But if they try anything, it's always good to have something in your wallet to whip out and disprove on the spot anything they're alleging. Then you should politely ask for an apology, because chances are you are being challenged for no good reason.

[obietiger]

6. another question

actually two questions:
is there a way to check if your absentee ballot was received and if it was counted?

[Maeve]

7. You can vote without ID, but take it to be on the safe side

Then DNC has a page of the various states' Voter Bill of Rights:
http://democrats.org/votingrights/index.html