(01-27-2017 10:49 AM)gsloth Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 09:24 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  Listening to NPR in Florida this morning and just found out how they handle voter ID. Florida requires one, but should you be unable to get an ID or forget one during Election Day, Florida will allow you to fill out a provisional ballot at the polling place. This gives election officials time to validate the ballot after the fact.

I mentioned the provisional ballot earlier in my experience with Virginia. Photo IDs are required. Read through the rules on the photo IDs allowed, how to get one just for voting (including even on election day), and how provisional ballots work.

http://www.elections.virginia.gov/regist...d-to-vote/

To most, the process seems reasonable. I still see a lot of local activists claim it's still a racist imposition if it's difficult for even one voter to get appropriate ID. And that's what this really comes down to - if it's difficult for any disadvantaged group, then it's unconstitutional. Is that a reasonable standard? Probably yes, but is there (or should there be) any kind of threshold?

Because when these challenges go to the courts, that's really the legal question being considered. Someone (usually more than one) disadvantaged by the rules has to be the plaintiff (it's caused more than a few challenges here in Virginia to get thrown out, due to not finding people for whom it really was a problem), and then it has to proceed on those facts.

Florida's provisional ballot does not require a photo ID. It is specifically used for people without one on the day of voting.