Tender Branson
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« on: July 21, 2016, 01:14:57 AM » |
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I don't have much of a problem having a picture-ID law for voting, it's what we have here as well.
Since you are already automatically registered to vote in the town you are living in, get an election information card sent to you by post 2 weeks ahead of election day, picture ID is not really that necessary on election day. But I guess it's still good if election workers have a chance to verify the identity of a voter who newly settled in the city or who only recently got Austrian citizenship.
I have never been asked to show one though (I guess this is only for "new Austrians" who got their citizenship only recently and who are not known to election commission members yet, or Austrians who have moved recently to another city). It's totally uncommon in smaller cities, where everyone knows everyone, but I guess they'll ask for one in bigger cities such as Vienna.
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