it a bit more.
A) Correct, we do not have national ID's (that debate crops up on occasion in relation to a topic like this, but this is not the place to go into that).
B) Yep, you pretty much just walk on in....As I understand it, and based on experience (valid only in my state -- New Mexico) you sign your name (signature) on a certified "registered voter sheet" prepared by the director of elections in conjunction with the appropriate city/county/state "clerk" when you go to the poll to vote -- No ID required -- If someone shows up, says HEY who voted in my place? they check ID & toss out the 1st vote. As I see it (ONE perspective) the biggest problem in the process is a lack of consistency from state to state, county to county, city to city. etc.
C) Your english is fine (probably better than mine).
D) NOBODY I know understands the "american" legislative/political process.
E) You haven't.
F) It is.
G) Some don't, some do, some never experienced it and thus, have difficulty understanding such a perspective.
H) Neither do we! (see our last Presidential election debacle).
I) The signature on the voter tally sheet should prevent this... HOWEVER, this assumes that only the names of eligible voters are on the list -- In many cases, deceased people (and their pets, and their farm animals and their unborn children) "somehow" get on the list.... (we have one county in our state that is famous/infamous for this) people don't usually get to vote for themself "twice" but it MAY be possible to vote in place others (even nonexistant people) Problem is, if the clerk who put them on the list in the first place "accepted" an ID, the same ID would be accepted at the polls... |
