Not using your bank account "enough"? No Voter ID for You.

[TalkingDog]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/07/26/998944/-VIDEO:-WI-DMV-Tells-Boy-His-Bank-Account-Doesn%E2%80%99t-Show-Enough-%E2%80%9CActivity%E2%80%9D-To-Get-a-Voter-ID?via=siderec

The first station clerk determines that the boy's bank account does not display enough "activity" to constitute a proof of address form. This is not only absurd ("does he use it?") but a clear privacy infringement as is the follow up question of whether or not the account is of the "checking" or "savings" variety. "Oh, it's just a savings," the clerk remarks. The mother throws a subtle jab, countering that "he's unemployed."

Good one, mom.

The mother-son hidden camera team manages to satisfy the bank account busting first clerk and eventually makes it to the third clerk where they discover that unless you explicitly specify that you have come to the DMV for a Voter ID, you will be charged $28. The clerk admits that there is no difference between the Voter ID and the non-Voter ID -- they're literally the same physical object -- but that it's the policy of the establishment to leave the onus for making this distinction on the customer: no signs, no warnings, just a box on the form you have to hope you notice and check.

[lumpy]

1. If this is allowed to continue then we are on the hinges of

fascism for sure.

[SusanaMontana41]

5. Why isn't the DOJ challenging this?! n/t

[Search and Destroy]

2. If I lived in wisconsin, I wouldn't be able to vote

I have exactly one piece of photo ID - my student card. It has my name on it, but not my address or date of birth. Usually when I vote my student card and one proof of address is sufficient. Even that is pretty hard for me to get, as all my bills are paid online, so I don't really have anything "official" with my address on it. Last time I voted I had opened a new bank account about a week prior, and the "confirmation" page they gave me had my address printed on it. The polling people accepted it without question.

[indurancevile]

3. what? unbelievable. fascists. seriously.

[sunwyn]

4. Edges of fascism? We've been there for years.