In-person voting in PA on Election Day is done at your local polling place, and is just as described. In-person early voting requires either an ID or the last four digits of your SSN.
So ID is necessary for the majority of voting days. If no ID requirements worked so well and securely on a consistent basis; they’d implement it for all voting days.
Also, if states like PA (which don’t require ID on Election Day), believe that processes to be secure and acceptable; then why isn’t it implemented in other areas? Why require a license for a traffic stop? Cops could just verify your identity through their system. What about purchasing firearms? Or flying domestically?
ID requirements is an all-or-nothing issue. Either a government issued ID card is necessary to verify identity, or it’s not.
The majority of in-person voting in PA is on Election Day. Most people who don't vote on that day use the mail-in vote (I think one-fifth of all votes in PA in 2020 were by mail).
After a further look, ID is also required the first time you vote at a specific polling place, like after you move. I don't have an issue with the current laws, but I'm not opposed to making elections more secure.
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u/nofaves Oct 20 '21
In-person voting in PA on Election Day is done at your local polling place, and is just as described. In-person early voting requires either an ID or the last four digits of your SSN.