One of the joys of living in the backwoods
Nov. 7th, 2006 07:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I've seen mention of voter registration deadlines, of voter ID cards, and other such impediments to voting the bastards out. Or in, as the case may be.
In Maine, you can register at the polls on election day. For that, you need proof of residency and a valid photo ID. But since I'm already registered, I just walk in, give my name, the poll worker checks that against their list, and gives me a ballot. No ID required.
I think the general idea is, this place is small enough that somebody in the crowd will know if I give a name that ain't mine...
In Maine, you can register at the polls on election day. For that, you need proof of residency and a valid photo ID. But since I'm already registered, I just walk in, give my name, the poll worker checks that against their list, and gives me a ballot. No ID required.
I think the general idea is, this place is small enough that somebody in the crowd will know if I give a name that ain't mine...
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Date: 2006-11-08 01:49 am (UTC)I grew up between two places of a couple hundred people each, in Ulster County, NY. (They're both now somewhat larger.) I used to snicker when the Cheers theme song got to "a place where everyone knows your name" -- grew up in a place where it was harder to find a bar where people didn't know your name.
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Date: 2006-11-12 01:06 am (UTC)Mary Anne in Kentucky, where we pretty much exclude the graveyard vote nowadays