I would disagree that voting is a privilege - it’s a right. I see no problem with requiring a photo ID, though, but I don’t think you flash your ID to “earn” the right to vote, rather it serves as an authentication mechanism set up to prevent duplicate voting and other fraudulent activities.

Nuts to you! This is almost like caging! I’ve walk in with my official voter information guide and state my name. The official looks me up ask my address? I answer it and the ballot is handed over to me. That’s California’s way. This is just another way to surpress one’s right to vote. Once I have voted no one can claim to be me and vote again. That’s also why each ballot has an I.D., number. Any person other than myself trying to vote is subject to the following: TOUGHENS PENALTIES - On top of a 5-year sentence, triples to $30,000 the penalty for vote fraud and expands the law to include anyone who participates in a conspiracy knowingly to create or submit false voter registration cards or otherwise engage in vote fraud.

I agree with M.H.. Voting is a RIGHT, not a privilege.

I also agree that there is nothing wrong with requiring a valid photo or even biometric ID.

The only issue I have would be that I would mandate that the state provide, free of charge, a valid photographic state ID card for those who do not have a driver’s license or passport. Otherwise, the requirement creates an undue burden on the voter.

I also agree voting is a right not a privilege. But measures have to be taken to prevent fraud. California’s system, as described by Mr. Vasquez, is definately flawed. I happen to know for a fact my parents did not vote, and my neighbor did not vote. What is to stop me from walking into their precincts and voting as them? What is to stop me from going to the polls earlier than you, and voting first, now you can’t vote. If you think the threat of the penalty is enough of a deterrent, then why are prisons overcrowded? Asking for photo ID is the furthest thing, in today’s society, from an inconvienece. You can’t survive withouut one, unless you work for cash, paid under the table, without paying taxes. You need a photo ID for so many things in this country now, especially financial transactions, not just the things mentioned by Mr. Durst.

You goofballs do realize that this is in the “capitol punishment” section right? You did pick up on the fact that the subheading says “we put the MOCK in democracy”.

This article is a joke. Lighten the F*** up!

There are other ways to verify that you live in the precinct in which you are voting. Such as power bills, phone bills, bank statements. And you might suggest that you have those things mailed elsewhere but on all of mine the address where the service is located is also on the bill. And if they match it should be enough to ensure that the residental location is where you live. Something simple enough for older people who no longer drive to have. My grandmother has never had a drivers license, has never learned to drive, has allowed my grandfather to deal with all financial considerations that would require a photo ID. This has worked for her for over 60 years and now all of a sudden she may need a government issued ID. She doesn’t even have a copy of her birth certificate (Many older americans don’t) and yet she needs one in order to get that government issued ID. So you’re suggesting that her life lived in America isn’t enough for her to have ‘earned’ the right to vote. A right she has enjoyed and exercised regularly for many years, but all of a sudden, it’s vitally important that she have this photo ID or you’ll deny her that right? What next? DNA? Fingerprints?