https://thefederalist.com/2024...-membership-to-vote/

n California, voters with no government ID can still vote so long as they show a gym membership, credit card, utility bill, or other low-security identification.

Individuals wishing to register to vote in California are prompted on the secretary of state’s website to provide their driver’s license identification number and/or the last four digits of their Social Security number. But both sections give applicants the option to select a box indicating they lack that form of identification.

If an applicant checks both boxes, he would later be prompted to provide other identification, the California secretary of state’s office told The Federalist. Upon further inquiry, an office representative said individuals could provide proof of identity by showing items such as a credit card, a utility bill, or their gym membership.

When I called back for additional clarification, the woman told me she had been informed not to speak to the press, and gave me an email address to try.

In response to my email, the secretary of state’s press office affirmed that if “an applicant cannot be validated [using his driver’s license number or SSN], they are required to show ID at the polls the first time they vote.”

The email directed me to a state statute that lists acceptable documents with which voters who have no SSN or driver’s license may prove their identity. The list includes a “health club identification card” or other “identification card provided by a commercial establishment,” a credit or debit card, student ID, a bank statement, a utility bill, an insurance card, or even a sample ballot, among other options.

Senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies Hans Von Spakovsky told The Federalist that the policy is “absurd.”

“Allowing a gym membership is ridiculous,” Spakovsky told The Federalist. “I can create a gym membership card on my laptop using Microsoft Word. In fact, that’s the whole reason states require a government-issued photo ID for all kinds of things, including getting a marriage license in most places or cashing a check or [to] buy alcohol. The idea that you would use a gym membership to prove ID is just absurd. That does absolutely nothing.”

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As terrible as this is, are we surprised--it's California!

The solution to this problem is that any vote in California is irrelevant and not counted.

They can vote in local elections, but state and federal elections can't be recognized as legitimate.

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How does a person with no DL or SSN obtain those “other forms of identification?”

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Originally posted by TMats:
How does a person with no DL or SSN obtain those “other forms of identification?”

Buy fake creds.

Not even surprised anymore.

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
The solution to this problem is that any vote in California is irrelevant and not counted.

They can vote in local elections, but state and federal elections can't be recognized as legitimate.

Maybe make them back into a territory instead of a state, just a big Guam/Puerto Rico, whereby their quaint customs and odd whims no longer affect the 49 saner states, and their loose election laws then couldn't send anyone other than observers outside their borders?

Just kidding. I think.

That’s actually a well thought out position. I like it.

I can photoshop a utility bill. How many times can I vote in one day?

Kali is lost. Write them off.

RMD

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Originally posted by berto:
I can photoshop a utility bill. How many times can I vote in one day?

How motivate(D) are you ?

It astounds me that democrat voters are so willing to destroy every institution in this country, even the constitution. Are they so stupid as to believe they will be protected from the eventual mayhem because they have a D on their voter registration card? If anything, they will be the first ones to fall victim to the ensuing chaos.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
It astounds me that democrat voters are so willing to destroy every institution in this country, even the constitution. Are they so stupid as to believe they will be protected from the eventual mayhem because they have a D on their voter registration card? If anything, they will be the first ones to fall victim to the ensuing chaos.

They are that stupid to believe they won't eventually have to eat their own cooking.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
It astounds me that democrat voters are so willing to destroy every institution in this country, even the constitution. Are they so stupid as to believe they will be protected from the eventual mayhem because they have a D on their voter registration card? If anything, they will be the first ones to fall victim to the ensuing chaos.

They believe we were established based on evil, and today are hopelessly and systemically designed to abuse the vast majority. Thus they desire to destroy the Constitution and re-imagine society.

They are deluded useful idiots, but they believe that under progressivism a new benevolent ruling class will bring prosperity and harmony.