Idaho senator proposes bill eliminating voter affidavit as acceptable ID at polls

[RandySF]

An Idaho senator is bringing back a proposal to eliminate the option to use a signed affidavit to prove identity at the election polls.

Sen. Brian Lenney, R-Nampa, proposed the bill Wednesday in the Senate State Affairs Committee to repeal the part of state law that allows for a signed affidavit to be used to prove identity as an alternative to photo identification in order to vote.

Lenney called the voter affidavit a “loophole.”

“I would submit that there’s no valid excuse to show up last minute at the polls without an ID,” Lenney said.




https://idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/idaho-senator-proposes-bill-eliminating-voter-affidavit-as-acceptable-id-at-polls/

[Attilatheblond]

1. Cackles and Miller are getting mighty nervouse about midterms.

There's gonna be a whole lotta BS attempts to interfere with voters exercising their franchise. A whole lotta pressure put on county officials to interfere with voting or not certifying results.

Eyes open, elbows up! If you can attend your county government meetings, please consider doing so. My county provides a means to participate (watch and even comment) in our county supervisor meetings via the internet. Might be good to see if your county has such opportunities.

Our best defense is PARTICIPATION.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. typical

[rsdsharp]

3. Iowa decided a few years ago that a valid photo ID was absolutely necessary to vote.

My drivers license expired in 2020, and due to covid, cataracts and other health issues, I hadn’t renewed it. I will be required to take a written test, and then at a later date, a driving test in order to renew.

While making preparations to do so, the state sent me a voter ID card — totally unsolicited. It’s a piece of lightweight card stock, smaller than a credit card, with my name, address and a voter ID number. It has no photo, but it’s all I have to show to vote, or to put the voter ID number on an absentee application or ballot affidavit. Unlike the Idaho law, I didn’t have to swear to anything to get the card. Go figure.