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In Indiana, acceptable identification includes a driver's license, passport, military ID or photo ID from the state's Department of Driver Services. The "criteria" for acceptable IDs are that the name on the photo ID you use has to match the voter registration record; the ID itself needs to have an expiration date that is after Nov. 4; and the ID has to be issued by either the state or federal government.

In Florida, a photo ID that also shows your signature is required, and is checked at the polls "solely to confirm the voter's identity," and "not to verify the voter's ID number or address," according to the Florida Department of State. "The photograph on the ID is compared to the person standing before the poll worker, and the signature on the ID is compared to the signature on record."

Four states — Hawaii, Louisiana, Michigan and South Dakota — ask voters for a photo ID. If they don't have one with them, they can sign an affidavit "attesting to their identity and cast a regular ballot," according to electionline.org.

Eighteen states require voter ID including photo and non-photo IDs. Those states are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Colorado, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.

First-time voters
First-time voters in Kansas and Pennsylvania will need to have "some form of photo or non-photo ID" with them when they go to the polls, said Greene, of electionline.org.

All first-time voters who registered to vote by mail, rather than in person, will need to make sure they have photo ID with them at the polls, no matter which state they live in, said Stimson of the National Association of Secretaries of State.

"And the list of IDs that are permissible under federal law is very long, and includes things like a utility bill or a paycheck, because it shows your name and address. But a government-issued photo ID should also suffice," she said.

Registering on Election Day
It may seem strange, but there are eight states that allow Election Day-registration. They are: Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

The state of North Dakota does not require registration to vote. But if you try to show up there and cast a ballot, you'll need to have ID and proof showing you're a legal state resident and have lived in the voting precinct for 30 days before the election, according to the Secretary of State's office there.

And, "for the purposes of voting, a person may have only one residence, shown by an actual fixed permanent dwelling, or any other abode."

One state will not have any lines to deal with, or ID issues at the polls. That's Oregon, where for the third time, voters are casting their presidential ballots by mail.

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  • Posted By: ObamaYesWeCan @ 11/03/2008 8:03:48 PM

    This moronic scumbag Samuel J. Wurzelbacher "Joe the Plumber" had his AZ driver license suspended

    http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/128323

    Wurzelbacher, who lived in Mesa in 2000 and had an Arizona driver's license, had his driver's license suspended by the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division on May 4, 2000, following a nonpayment of a court-imposed fine for civil traffic violations, according to court records.

    ...owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes, according to public records, still owes more than $700 to the Mesa court system.

    Records show he was cited for failure to stop at a red light and for failure to provide proof of insurance on Feb. 9, 2000, in a black Dodge truck at the intersection of Dobson and Baseline roads in Mesa.

    After failing to pay his original fine of $627.50 issued in March 2000, his license was suspended and the fine was handed over to a collection agency along with a 16 percent surcharge. The now-resident of Holland, Ohio, still owes $727.90 to the Mesa Municipal Court, according to court records.

    Hopefully the collection agency will break both of his legs so he'll never be able to walk nor work ever again. This typical Republican scumbag deserves it.

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  • Posted By: Concerned Canadian @ 11/03/2008 5:02:07 PM

    Obama said he denounced and left the radical Trinity United Church but it???s not true!!

    Obama has Trinity United pastor Rev Ottis Moss accompanying him on his campaign!!

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