Mark Brewer Explains Voter Photo ID rule

Watch Mark Brewer on YouTube Explaining Voter Photo ID rule. 

Voter Photo ID details:

Michigan Secretary of State Elections

Oakland Press Editorial on Voter Photo ID

Det. News:  Voters without ID card can still cast ballot

Det. Free Press: Officials work to ease fear at polls

League of Women Voters Oakland Area Voter Guides

Elections on November 6th in Michigan

Michigan SOS Voter Registation Center

Michigan SOS Voter Identification Procedure for Election Inspectors

Michigan SOS Voter ID Questions and Answers for Election Inspectors 

Listing of acceptable documents for Identification and Residence Requirements 

To Phil Reid and the Orion Area Democratic Club :  I have answers to the questions that were raised during our discussion of the photo ID requirement and the role of challengers in the voting precinct.  My source is the State Bureau of Elections.

1. No one is going to be making an issue of what is or is not an “accredited” school.
2. The Bureau of Elections was charged with developing a list of valid types of photo ID to meet the wording in the law.  For your information, federal or state government ID is acceptable; city ID is not.
3. The affidavits that voters will sign to indicate that they do not have photo ID will be retained by local clerks for two (2) years, along with the Applications to Vote.
4. Election training meetings are considered “public” meetings; therefore, a citizen could attend those two-hour sessions.
5. The Election Inspectors will be checking the picture and the name on the photo ID for the resemblance to the person standing before them and the name that is on the Application to Vote; but not the address.  The person’s address is checked against the QVF Poll List to determine that the person is a registered voter in that precinct.
6. A challenger cannot challenge a person’s right to vote because they do not have photo ID with them.  As we discussed last night, in that instance, the person would sign the affidavit and be allowed to vote. 
7. The resemblance of the person in the photo ID should reasonably match the person presenting themselves to vote in the precinct.  The name on the Application to Vote and on the photo ID do not have to match exactly, but should be similar enough for the Election Inspector to determine that they are one and the same person.
8. There will be notices entitled “What Every Voter Should Know” posted in the polling place, which give all the information that a person might need to know before voting: