Re: 2012 Presidential Election 5: Election Day Countdown
If they are unable to get an ID maybe they don't deserve the priviliage [sic] of voting.
I've politely stayed away from this thread, and just skimmed to see what the opinions were, but upon reading this, I'd like to state:
Go slip in a puddle of AIDS and die.
It's everyone's right as a citizen of a state of the United States to be part of the election process. (Some, more recently granted that right than others.)
All these folks then can't drive. Don't have credit cards. Don't have any type of bank account. Don't you need ID to go set up welfare? How do you cash your welfare check? Social security check? Again, you can't open a bank account without an ID
For the record, the State of Illinois Unemployment Insurance offices only needs a social security card (or did last time I was laid off), to verify that the slip of paper with a name/number on it matches the computer records that list a name/number. Last time I checked, naturalized citizens are pretty much handed a SSN card without ID, and as long as you don't lose it or change your name, you're good to go.
For the State of Illinois, the following are all acceptable forms of ID:
Cancelled Check (within 90 days prior to application)
• CDTP Certification Form
• Court Order
• Credit Card/Debit Card (major brand)
• Driver Education Certificate
• Government Driver’s License
• Government ID Card (current)
• Illinois Driver’s License (current)
• Illinois ID Card (current)
• Medicare Card with suffix A, J, H, M or T
• Military Service Record (DD214)
• Mortgage or Installment Loan Documents
• Out-of-State Driver’s License/ID Card (current)
• Passport (valid U.S. or foreign)
• Social Security Card
• U.S. Military Driver’s License/ID Card
• Adoption Records
• Birth Certificate
• Court Order (Change of birth date)
• Certified Grade/High School/College/University Transcript
• Naturalization Certificate
• Passport (valid with complete date of birth)
• Social Security Award Letter (primary beneficiary only)
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Forms — I-551 (Alien Registration Card); I-571
(Refugee Travel Document); I-766 (Employment Authorization
Card); I-797A (Notice of Action Status
Change); I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record) with Valid
Passport
• U.S. Visa
• Affidavit — Certificate of Residency
• Bank Statement (dated within 90 days prior to application)
• Canceled Check (dated within 90 days prior to application)
• Certified Grade/High School/College/University Transcript
• Credit Report (issued by Experian, Equifax or
TransUnion, dated within 12 months of application)
• Deed/Title, Mortgage, Rental/Lease agreement
• Insurance Policy (homeowner’s or renter’s)
• Letter on Official School Letterhead (dated within 90
days prior to application)
• Medical Claim or Statement of Benefits (from private
insurance company or public (government) agency,
dated within 90 days of application)
• Official mail received from a State, County, City or
Village or a Federal Government agency (must include
first and last name of applicant and complete current
address), may include — Homestead Exemption Receipt;
Illinois FOID Card; Jury Duty Notice (issued
within 90 days of application); Selective Service Card;
Social Security Annual Statement; Social Security
Disability Insurance Statement; Supplemental Security
Income Benefits Statement; Voter Registration
Card
• Pay Stub or Electronic Deposit Receipt
• Pension or Retirement Statement
• Phone Book, produced by a phone book publisher
• Report Card from Grade/High School or College/University
• Tuition invoice/official mail from college or university,
dated within the 12 months prior to application
• Vehicle Registration Card
• Utility Bill (electric, water, refuse, telephone land/cell,
cable or gas, issued within 90 days of application)
Wells Fargo asks me for my ID everytime I make any transaction. I get ID'd when I use a credit card also. If you don't have an ID right now, you should have one.
Wells Fargo also signed me up for services I didn't ask for when a teller was pressured to make "sales" to improve her numbers for the month. Speaking of fraud...
