Renewed your driver's license lately?

[iceman]

Danno I do get that but it feels -feels- like somehow the whole thing is more controlled and accountable with actual polls. I have no beef with absentee ballots and I've used them in the past but I like the idea of polling places where people from all sides are watching what's going on.

[Danno]

Danno I do get that but it feels -feels- like somehow the whole thing is more controlled and accountable with actual polls. I have no beef with absentee ballots and I've used them in the past but I like the idea of polling places where people from all sides are watching what's going on.

I believe the data shows otherwise, that it is much easier for hijinks to happen with in-person polling places. Either because of voter suppression or the use of electronic machines. Mail ballots have not had any problem here, and there is a paper backup for all vote tallies.

[Cruiser]

I renewed my dl in Colorado recently and did not need any special paperwork. Made an appointment online and then showed up with my old, soon to be expired dl. They snapped a new photo and gave me a temp. Took less than 10 minutes. My new, real id compliant license arrived in the mail a week later. Easy as can be...

[JayPowHound]

What's this crossing double yellow lines nonsense? Which thread did I miss??

[Tele 'til You're Smelly]

my license has a star on it, does that mean I'm good? I don't recall jumping through those hoops, but...

I hadn't heard of the star thing before, but it does look like our licenses here in CO have them which is probably what that means (meets real ID law). Colorado is a "complaint" state, so if you have a CO license that's been renewed in the last (I dont know how long) you are good to go- see https://www.dhs.gov/archive/current-...es-territories

I don't remember my renewal being a hassle either, I think CO maybe just makes it easier than some- I've always been impressed by how easy the DMV is here (at least in Durango) versus other states' DMVs I remember- see https://www.dmv.org/co-colorado/renew-license.php

[neckdeep]

13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

[Danno]

What's this crossing double yellow lines nonsense? Which thread did I miss??

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...96#post5529396

[Name Redacted]

In CO, when you change your address on your DL, they just give you a sticker to put on the back and write your address on it. They still change it in the computer too, but the sticker thing kinda caught me off guard.

[MakersTeleMark]

Yes, there are locations where one can vote in person, but I don't believe the concept of the neighborhood polling place exists anymore.

It does. At least where I am on presidential years.

[Danno]

It does. At least where I am on presidential years.

Having a polling place to vote in person and having the old-fashioned neighborhood polling place are two different things. My city of 100,000 has maybe 6 in-person polling places, but used to have way more. So I guess it's semantics and how one defines "neighborhood". There is no longer a polling place within what would normally be considered walking distance of my home.

[MakersTeleMark]

Having a polling place to vote in person and having the old-fashioned neighborhood polling place are two different things. My city of 100,000 has maybe 6 in-person polling places, but used to have way more. So I guess it's semantics and how one defines "neighborhood". There is no longer a polling place within what would normally be considered walking distance of my home.

I walk to my town hall 1 block away. Don't you have emissions though?
Progress?

[iceman]

This is kinda interdasting from the Maryland MVA:

"You only have to provide documents to renew if you have been notified through your paper renewal notice or by email by the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration (MDOT MVA)."

So I got selected somehow. I need to provide the documents but some people don't. That's kinda odd.

[Danno]

I walk to my town hall 1 block away.

Is there a location in your town that isn't walking distance? And what do you have against the US Mail or a ballot drop off box?

[MakersTeleMark]

Is there a location in your town that isn't walking distance? And what do you have against the US Mail or a ballot drop off box?

No, and nothing at all. It's nice seeing my neighbors though, and I am old fashioned.

[billyk]

We vote by mail too.
Why would anyone do different?
So much easier.

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Why not just vote online, then?

[SB]

My DL has 37 stars on it.

[Danno]

Why not just vote online, then?

old school paper ballot is actually much safer and less susceptible to shenanigans.

[riser4]

The crossing the double yellow is weird though

NOT crossing the double line is weird.

[dunfree]

This is kinda interdasting from the Maryland MVA:

"You only have to provide documents to renew if you have been notified through your paper renewal notice or by email by the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration (MDOT MVA)."

So I got selected somehow. I need to provide the documents but some people don't. That's kinda odd.

Q knows you are guilty.

[iceman]

Who is number 1?

[dunfree]

like the well educated cabbages here would know

[goldenboy]

I renewed my dl in Colorado recently and did not need any special paperwork. Made an appointment online and then showed up with my old, soon to be expired dl. They snapped a new photo and gave me a temp. Took less than 10 minutes. My new, real id compliant license arrived in the mail a week later. Easy as can be...

Depends on where you are. I'm in Ohio right now and the mother in law has to find a 40+ year old marriage certificate to get a new star license. Also, she can't go to the local DMV- has to go to the "main" one downtown. Glad CO licenses are compliant for whatever reason.

Renewing my license in Gunnison involved showing up to the DMV an hour and a half prior to them opening, which put me about 5th in line. Office is open 2 days a week, from 9-3, and closed from 12-1 during those 2 days. At the time, they did not make appointments except for driver tests. Overall in was at least a 4 hour process, only because I showed up so early.

[Name Redacted]

Renewing my license in Gunnison involved showing up to the DMV an hour and a half prior to them opening, which put me about 5th in line. Office is open 2 days a week, from 9-3, and closed from 12-1 during those 2 days. At the time, they did not make appointments except for driver tests. Overall in was at least a 4 hour process, only because I showed up so early.

In CO you can renew online, or go to any other DMV in the state.

[gravitylover]

NY made me jump through hoops, old DL, SS card, Birth Certificate and a recent bill with your home address on it. That last part was tough as we've gone paperless with just about everything. I ended up printing out several months of car payment bills from the website and had to get a new copy of my BC because they said the old one was illegible in places that were important. That necessitated standing in line in NYC for about 6 hours. All told it was 3 visits to the DMV to get the new enhanced license.

Is there a location in your town that isn't walking distance? And what do you have against the US Mail or a ballot drop off box?

My polling place is definitely not walking distance, we don't have ballot drop boxes here so you have to go and do it in person. Mail? It takes longer to get through the post office lines here than it did to vote in person. No we don't have mailboxes you have to go to the post office so you might as well watch them hand cancel it so you know it's going rather than putting it in your mailbox at home and wondering if your mail actually gets sent (it frequently doesn't).

Why not just vote online, then?

Can't in NY as far as I know. If I'm wrong that would be great for next time.

[RShea]

Why not just vote online, then?

People are worried that online voting would be a security risk. Just like the China hackers or Russian trying to influence the election, with online voting there would have to be a whole bunch of security safe guards to make sure only a single vote per person was cast. Can't use the same methods as in person online via the internet....

As a matter of fact there was talk that any of the electronic voting machines could not be on the internet after they were verified and sealed and going out to the poling locations. Now the Federal Government is making paper printout or backup a requirement for the electronic machines.

Look at Ticketmaster that claims it is trying to shut down the scalpers from using the on line sales to grab large blocks of big event tickets before it is sold out and the rest of the people that want to go with a friend or relative and trying to buy 2 or 4 tickets.