Voting
SM:
Unlike flying on a plane, getting a fishing license, opening a checking account, or getting that permission slip to travel on high speed or toll roads around here, today I continued the tradition of not having ever showed my official government issued ID card to cast a vote.
November 3rd, 2010 at 10:54 am
It’s because voting only confers a benefit to the government and not to the people, unless you are delusional and give yourself kudos for wasting time and effort to cast a ballot.
November 3rd, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Yep, voted only by reciting a correct name and address combination from a book that was sitting right under my nose to vote. But I need to show a $100 ID card to buy a box of .22. Makes perfect sense. After seeing the election results, I should have voted for my neighbor in the morning, and saved the evening for myself! ; ]
November 3rd, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Not only showed my ID, but they scanned the barcode thing on the back of it when they took my form for the little electronic card.
that was a little creepy, i must confess.
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:09 pm
They accepted my state-issued Voter ID card and ignored my driver’s license when I offered them both. That’s kind-of okay, although since the Voter ID doesn’t have my picture on it, I’d have preferred they checked both (especially as I was the only person in line).
At least they made me recite my address three times without looking at the card. Close enough for government work, I guess.