The polls changed location for this election, in response to school disruption concerns.
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A new law in Rhode Island is taking effect that will require voters to show identification when heading to the polls.
The new law will still allow people without the proper identification to cast provisional ballots, according to the Boston Globe. And, the state is required to offer voter identification cards to those who lack the proper identification.
With the law, Rhode Island is the 30th state to pass the law. Massachusetts does not have a similar law.
Should voters be required to show identification at the polls?
Linda
3:12 pm on Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Of course citizens should be required to show ID to vote! However, Voter ID has absolutely NO chance of becoming law in MA as long as Deval (AKA: Obama Best-Bud) is Governor. Sad.
KA
10:00 pm on Thursday, January 5, 2012
It is shocking to me that we don't have to present our ID. Voting is a serious and very important privilege that citizens of most other countries don't have and we should be treating it as such. Between voting mistakes, fraud, political scandals, etc., it seems like a pretty obvious standard.
Tom Wrynn
11:26 am on Wednesday, January 18, 2012
A no-brainer