Do Americans really not require an ID for voting?

[RolandCuthbert]

Dude, you are from Romania? Why do you guys think you can understand the American political system by going on youtube?

Despite what you have been told. . . America is a nation comprised of 50 sovereign states. Each state gets to decide the process by which it will conduct its election. Of course, under the umbrella of the United States Constitution. So they must guaranteed the right to vote of every American citizen residing in their state.

In my state, you must have identification to register to vote. When you register to vote, you are giving a voter registration card. Your name, vital information, etc. are all recorded at the precinct in which you are registered. So every election, I go to the same place. Everyone there knows me. I sign in, show my passport or driver's license. They look me up and verify that registration is still current. Then I vote. There have been elections where I was out of state and had to vote by mail. One election I couldn't vote in the local elections because my registration was not updated and did not reflect my current address.

Many states have similar processes. But many do not. Every state gets to work out a process that makes sense for them. Again, elections are a constitutionally defined right of a sovereign state.

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

I think most Americans do have a state issued ID. They're useful for a lot of things beyond voting and driving - like buying alcohol, air travel, banking, and getting into bars.

My state does all voting by mail, but to register to vote, you need to either have a state issued ID or go to an elections office and prove your identity some other way (which usually requires a lot of evidence). If you don't do either of those, or if you let your address get out of sync with government records, you simply don't get a ballot.

[Anonymous]

Its true many places dont. Its hurts the democrats ability to cheat to much.

[DizzyDesii]

In my county, its mandatory you present your state ID/drivers license

[rjroy3]

Differs by state and county for what's acceptable. In my area a driver's license is enough. The problem is that you can get a fake driver's license because they don't scan them.

Further. Even if they did. You don't need a social security number or proof you're a state citizen to get a real driver's license. So you could effectively illegally vote plus, vote in another state if you just say you lost your old license.

They need to require social security number for voting because it can only be counted once period. Along with proof of identity

[Goforit1010]

Depends on the state you're voting in, their voting ID laws, and how strongly those laws are enforced by poll workers.

Where I am, you need to show a driver's license, a Gov't issued ID (military, etc...), or some proof of residence such as a recent utility bill with your name and address before you get to vote.

Other states... I have no idea.

I truly want laws passed that you MUST show an ID before you vote. I don't know how that would work for absentee voting, but that should be limited also. No one gets a ballot unless they're listed on the voter roll AND they request an absentee ballot. None of the bullshit mass-mailing of ballots to anyone listed on the voter roll, where that hasn't been updated for the past decade or more!

[normalice]

As long as you are registered. The idea is once you've stated your identity, if someone claimin that identity has already voted you can then prove your identity and nullify the prior vote (possibly leading to the arrest of the prior voter, even if it was you). You'd think there would be a mass of people who claim to be someone who doesn't vote, but even the far right Heritage Foundation conducted an investigation into voter fraud and found only like 0.001% of ballots cast were fraudulent - and pretty much all of them republican.

[ShadezMcgee]

It is different by state. Some states do the right thing by requiring them and others pay it no mind. It should be mandated so no one gets their vote stolen and to lower fraud. There is nothing hard about going up to a table with your driver's license.

Does the info match up presented in the registry? Are you the same motherfucker in the photo? Alrighty, here's your ballet, thank you for voting!

There is nothing wrong or hard about that.

[Massageman]

At our polling place/ballot station, while I had my voter card and license/photo ID, no one asked for them. I just SAID my name and address and we went from there.

Yes, I know. it's STUPID. A photo ID should be REQUIRED and this three months of mail-in voting needs to be ELIMINATED!

[docster]

In my state we have to show either a voter card or some other form of ID. We passed a law requiring everyone to show a photo ID but the Democrats had some judge or court overturn it because they want voter fraud.

[WhiteSteve]

I was very surprised to find that they did not check my ID, they just asked my name and address, checked a list, and told me to go ahead. And actually, they were a little like “whoa, whoa, we don’t need all that...” when I started to hand them my ID when I was still assuming they’d need it, almost like they didn’t want to see it, haha. Don’t know if that’s a corona thing or if they only want to see it if they think something shady is up or what.

[Ram0n83]

Wrong. You have to present some form of ID. A drivers license / state ID is usually preferred. Most if not all jurisdictions usually issue a voter registration card that can be used, too.

[worldscolide]

Actually you must have a state issued ID to vote. At least in my state. And for example you cannot drive without one. But state issued ID also includes a drivers license.

[cloud9vortex1234]

I'm required to show my Driver's License when I vote. I've heard in some places in the U. S. where they don't even require identification to vote. I don't see what the big deal is about showing some identification. It just makes sense.

[MathTeacher]

I've lived in super white conservative areas and super diverse liberal areas. I've always been forced to show ID

[Anonymous]

The predominantly white areas require it. The areas where there are black and Hispanics don't require it all the time because they claim that it is racist. In the US there are many many doiuble standards when it comes to race

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

They asked me for I. D. when I went to vote.