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Do you have to provide ID when voting in Switzerland?

by apta 6y ago

smoe 6y ago
You automatically get all the material sent from the municipality you are registered in (this is mandatory) around 2 months before each vote in a re-sealable envelope that contains information how to vote, a one-off voting id, the ballot and an inner envelope to place the ballot to be separated from id before counting. You can either just send back the envelope with your vote via normal postal service for free, put it into a voting drop box that some places have, or bring voting id and ballot to a polling station. I’m not completely sure if you need other form of ID when voting in person. But don’t think that would be a problem since everyone has a national id card. https://www.ch.ch/en/demokratie/votes/how-to-complete-a-ballot-paper-correctly/ https://www.ch.ch/en/demokratie/votes/how-to-complete-a-ball...
- apta 6y ago
  That's one problem with voting in the US. It seems that the democrats do not want people to use ID (e.g. a drivers license) when voting. It seems quite obvious that it will prevent voter fraud. They keep pointing to Europe all the time, but then when their policies are contradictory, they're quiet about it.
  - Leyths 6y ago
    In countries in Europe (such as Switzerland) where all citizens are issued some form of National ID this isn't an issue. In countries such as the US, or the UK, where forms of government ID are common but not universal, passing laws requiring ID verification to vote is voter suppression. Across all groups it is the poorest that do not have a form of government ID - https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/campaigns/upgrading-our-democracy/voter-id/ https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/campaigns/upgrading-our-... In the UK there were 28 counts of election fraud at the 2017 election, a rate of 0.000063%. Whereas estimates of people without government ID range around 10% of the population (as of 2016, anyway) https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2016/01/25/estimating-what-proportion-of-the-public-will-be-able-to-use-gov-uk-verify/ https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2016/01/25/estimating-...

Do you have to provide ID when voting in Switzerland?

by apta 6y ago

Do you have to provide ID when voting in Switzerland?

smoe 6y ago

You automatically get all the material sent from the municipality you are registered in (this is mandatory) around 2 months before each vote in a re-sealable envelope that contains information how to vote, a one-off voting id, the ballot and an inner envelope to place the ballot to be separated from id before counting. You can either just send back the envelope with your vote via normal postal service for free, put it into a voting drop box that some places have, or bring voting id and ballot to a polling station. I’m not completely sure if you need other form of ID when voting in person. But don’t think that would be a problem since everyone has a national id card. https://www.ch.ch/en/demokratie/votes/how-to-complete-a-ballot-paper-correctly/ https://www.ch.ch/en/demokratie/votes/how-to-complete-a-ball...

apta 6y ago
That's one problem with voting in the US. It seems that the democrats do not want people to use ID (e.g. a drivers license) when voting. It seems quite obvious that it will prevent voter fraud. They keep pointing to Europe all the time, but then when their policies are contradictory, they're quiet about it.
- Leyths 6y ago
  In countries in Europe (such as Switzerland) where all citizens are issued some form of National ID this isn't an issue. In countries such as the US, or the UK, where forms of government ID are common but not universal, passing laws requiring ID verification to vote is voter suppression. Across all groups it is the poorest that do not have a form of government ID - https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/campaigns/upgrading-our-democracy/voter-id/ https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/campaigns/upgrading-our-... In the UK there were 28 counts of election fraud at the 2017 election, a rate of 0.000063%. Whereas estimates of people without government ID range around 10% of the population (as of 2016, anyway) https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2016/01/25/estimating-what-proportion-of-the-public-will-be-able-to-use-gov-uk-verify/ https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2016/01/25/estimating-...