<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">This questions about obtaining a voter ID is to simply go to the <a href="http://SOS.ri.gov">SOS.ri.gov</a> site. To make it easier for all I have copied it below. So it's fairly easy to obtain one.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">The voter ID lists are only purged every 10 years, even if I provided a stack of return to sender letters from the PO, nothing happens for 10 years. </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">John Smith resides at 123 Main St but how many other people have lived at 123 Main St in the past ten years. I have a friend who knows a woman who moved to Mass years ago but still crosses into RI to vote in our elections. There is fraud, it may not be in the East Side but I can tell you in happens in other parts of the city. Ever heard of poll checkers for candidates. I'm not accusing any party or candidate but they know who has and hasn't voted. </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Sincerely,</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Tara Pinsky</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px 0.1em 0.75em; padding: 0px 0.6em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You will not need a Voter ID card if you already have a valid and current Photo ID. If you need a Voter ID, we will provide you with a free one. You must provide one of these types of current and valid IDs:.</span></p><ul style="padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: left; "><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto;padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Employee ID card;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto;padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ID card provided by a commercial establishment;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto;padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Credit or debit card;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto;padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Military ID card;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto;padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Student ID card;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto;padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Health club ID card;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto;padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Insurance plan ID card;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto;padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Public housing ID card;</span></li></ul><h3 style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0.6em; "><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you don’t have one of those types of current and valid IDs, you must bring one of the following documents. It must include your name and be dated since November 2, 2010, unless the document is intended to be of a permanent nature such as a pardon or discharge:</span></font></h3><ul style="padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: left; "><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Utility bill;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bank statement;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Government paycheck;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Document issued by a government agency;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Official elections document issued by a government agency, dated for the election in which the registered voter is providing it as proof of identity;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Voter notification issued by a governmental agency;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Public housing ID card issued by a governmental agency;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lease or rental statement or agreement issued by a governmental agency;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Student ID card issued by a governmental institution/agency or non-governmental institution/agency;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tuition statement or bill issued by a governmental agency;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Insurance plan card or drug discount card issued by a government agency;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Discharge certificates, pardons, or other official documents issued to the registered voter by a governmental agency in connection with the resolution of a criminal case, indictment, sentence or other matter;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Public transit authority senior citizen and disabled discount ID card issued by a governmental agency;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ID documents issued by governmental disability agencies;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ID documents issued by homeless shelters and other temporary or transitional facilities;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Drug prescription issued by a government doctor or other governmental health care provider;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Property tax statement issued by a governmental agency;</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Vehicle registration issued by a governmental agency; or</span></li><li style="text-align: -webkit-auto; padding-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; list-style-image: url(https://sos.ri.gov/img/site/small_bullet_links.gif); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Vehicle certificate of ownership issued by a governmental agency</span></li></ul></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br><br>On Oct 7, 2012, at 9:41 AM, Hope for Health <<a href="mailto:libertyliterary@yahoo.com">libertyliterary@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">The problem is - what identification do you present in order to get an ID card?<br>
(This is the major reason why I oppose the Voter ID legislation).<br>
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I suspect that Greg's purple thumb plan might be the best of the options!<br>
At least it would keep folks from voting twice. (Along with the fact that <br>only one person can vote as John Smith at such and such an address)<br><br>
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Blessings,<br>
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Liberty G<br><br>--- On <b>Sun, 10/7/12, Kathy Rourke <i><<a href="mailto:kathy_rourke@verizon.net">kathy_rourke@verizon.net</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Kathy Rourke <<a href="mailto:kathy_rourke@verizon.net">kathy_rourke@verizon.net</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Summit] voter ID law<br>To: <a href="mailto:jsb@cs.brown.edu">jsb@cs.brown.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:Summit@sna.providence.ri.us">Summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a><br>Date: Sunday, October 7, 2012, 8:43 AM<br><br><div id="yiv2137793973"><div style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:12px;"><div>I am with you 100% John- and I love your idea of getting your picture ID at polling places!</div><div> </div><div>Kathy</div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="BORDER-TOP:#bcbcbc 1px solid;MARGIN:5px 0px;"></div><span style="FONT-SIZE:12px;COLOR:#000000;FONT-FAMILY:arial;">On 10/06/12, <span>John Bazik<<a href="mailto:jsb@cs.brown.edu">jsb@cs.brown.edu</a>></span> wrote:</span><div> </div><div style="FONT-SIZE:12px;COLOR:#000000;FONT-FAMILY:arial;">Oh, I think it's voter
suppression. The evidence for in-person voter<br>fraud is always anecdotal. But I understand that something like 11%<br>of registered voters lack a government-issued picture id.<br><br>As I wrote to Gordon, who co-sponsored the Voter Id bill, I'd feel a lot<br>better about the law if picture ids were to be issued at all polling<br>places and a marketing campaign encouraged voting: "Vote and get a<br>free id!"<br><br>John<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Summit mailing list<br><a rel="nofollow" class="yiv2137793973parsedEmail" ymailto="mailto:Summit@sna.providence.ri.us" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=Summit@sna.providence.ri.us">Summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a><br><a rel="nofollow" class="yiv2137793973parsedLink" target="_blank" href="http://sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us">http://sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us</a><br>SNA Website: <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv2137793973parsedLink" target="_blank" href="http://sna.providence.ri.us/">http://sna.providence.ri.us/</a><br></div></div>
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