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Tennesseans required to show photo ID for voting effective 2012
thetomahawk.com
By Paula Walter
published: 08-31-2011



Governor Bill Haslam recently signed new legislation effective January 1, 2012, that will require Tennessee voters to present government-issued photo identification when voting. The March 2012 presidential primary will be the first election in which this new law will be enforced.

Voters will need to present one of the following forms of identification at their voting location: a Tennessee driver's license with photo, a United States passport, a photo identification that was issued by either Tennessee state or the federal government, a military photo identification card or a Tennessee photo identification gun permit. Voters may not present a student college photo identification card. For those voters who arrive to vote and do not have any of the above forms of identification with them, they may vote with a provisional ballot. The voter then has two days to return to their local election commission office and provide a valid form of identification.

Absentee voters, those who live in nursing homes or assisted living centers, those voters who are hospitalized, voters with a religious objection to being photographed, and voters who are financially unable to provide the funds necessary to obtain a photographic identification from one of the above sources are exempt from the new legislative changes.

Johnson County's state representative, Scotty Campbell, voted against the legislation. While proponents of the new legislation believe it will help reduce voter fraud, there are those who believe it will hinder both the indigent and physically disabled from casting their votes. “I voted against this legislation because local people told me to go to Nashville and make their lives easier, not more complicated,â€

Good. I have to show my ID to vote.

In Nevada, during the last election, my told me that at her polling place in Las Vegas they had two lines for voters, one for English and one for Spanish. We had better have better poll monitors this time.

In Nevada....Reid bused in the workers from the Casinos to vote....and no ID required.....

My 96 year old Aunt had a non drivers ID ...with her picture on it.... so what is the problem with having picture ID?????

Kids in NYC are issued HS pic IDs they have to show to get into the school EVERY MORNING!

You Need ID in D.C. to Get Sandbags for Irene, But No ID to Vote?

My friend over at Alexa Shrugged (alexashrugged.com A great blog you should visit) made a hilarious observation about what is going on in Washington D.C. during preparations for the oncoming hurricane named Irene.

On her Twitter feed Alexa joked about a story on Fox about D.C. residents being told where and how to get sandbags for the storm.

Alexa noted this specific part:

Residents, with DC identification, may pick up sandbags (up to five per household) at RFK Stadium, Lot 7.

Alexa found the whole “DC identificationâ€