The SAVE Act proposes a new requirement for voter registration—presenting a passport or an original birth certificate to verify identity. Supporters believe this measure strengthens election security, while critics argue it creates unnecessary barriers for eligible voters. Others suggest alternative ways to verify identity should be considered. What do you think? Cast your vote in our poll and share your thoughts!
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Letter: Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez voted for the SAVE Act last time it came up before the U.S. House
The League of Women Voters of Clark County urges residents to oppose the SAVE Act, arguing it would impose restrictive voter ID requirements and hinder access to the ball...
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Lets see. I have to show my ID to buy beer at a Safeway, to board a plane, to check into a hotel/motel, to enter a WA school (as a visitor), to enter a S/S office, to enter the the Clark County Courthouse– and there are objections to showing an ID to vote. This is not any form of discriminitation: DUH!!!
Many years ago, when I first applied for a driver’s license (in California), I was required to show a copy of my birth certificate to prove that I was of legal age. I was rather surprised to find that there was no requirement to prove my identity or my age when registering to vote. A birth certificate or passport is an appropriate means to establish both identity and citizenship required for voting (naturalized citizens should be allowed to register by showing their naturalization papers).
While Washington’s mail ballot system doesn’t require showing an ID to receive a ballot, I note that in California where I spent my earlier years, poll workers are specifically PROHIBITED from asking for ID to issue a ballot. As it happened, a neighbor was a regular poll worker. This lady had lived in our precinct for ages and knew almost all her neighbors. Yet while working the poll, large vans would show up with 8 or 10 people who she neither recognized nor appeared likely to live in the upper middle class neighborhood of our precinct. They each requested ballots claiming to be “certain” names. They were provided without question (as questions were not allowed). These vans went around to many precincts (the party running them claimed to be “giving rides” to voters to reach the polls.) I’ve always found this operation highly suspect.