Early Voting Starts Today In Miami
Allowing early voting is a good thing. Making registering to vote more convenient and easier are also good things. The democratic process where folks can register the opinion through voting is one of the things that is to the good in this country. In most issues I think local control is best.
Banking on apathy, local control does not always mean everybody has a voice. Less affluent folks can vote but there is always something in the way that may make them less likely to vote. During my career working in government, way before early voting, it was easy to register people to vote. My boss sent everyone who worked for the agency to be trained to register people to vote. It was just something we did, along with helping folks find a job. Having a voter id at the time was a good form of identification. It was a good practice.
Miami is a very cosmopolitan place. Most cities are. Technology changes and laws change over time. In late 1986 employers began to be required to verify that their workforce was indeed authorized to work in this country including proof of citizenship, or work authorization documents, and a valid social security card.
Since then a picture id has been necessary for employment. On paper, as law, it makes sense. In practice it can disenfranchise folks without a picture id. This might not be a big problem if they would allow you to get a picture id without a birth certificate, but that isn't as easy as you might think. No proper birth certificate, no picture id, they can refuse to register you to vote.
There are chiggers in the wood pile and folks will mess with your right to cast a vote if you let them.
Banking on apathy, local control does not always mean everybody has a voice. Less affluent folks can vote but there is always something in the way that may make them less likely to vote. During my career working in government, way before early voting, it was easy to register people to vote. My boss sent everyone who worked for the agency to be trained to register people to vote. It was just something we did, along with helping folks find a job. Having a voter id at the time was a good form of identification. It was a good practice.
Miami is a very cosmopolitan place. Most cities are. Technology changes and laws change over time. In late 1986 employers began to be required to verify that their workforce was indeed authorized to work in this country including proof of citizenship, or work authorization documents, and a valid social security card.
Since then a picture id has been necessary for employment. On paper, as law, it makes sense. In practice it can disenfranchise folks without a picture id. This might not be a big problem if they would allow you to get a picture id without a birth certificate, but that isn't as easy as you might think. No proper birth certificate, no picture id, they can refuse to register you to vote.
There are chiggers in the wood pile and folks will mess with your right to cast a vote if you let them.
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