{"id":161,"date":"2021-06-19T14:30:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T21:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westandunited.cloud\/california\/?p=161"},"modified":"2021-06-20T12:03:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T19:03:12","slug":"why-is-voter-id-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westandunited.cloud\/california\/why-is-voter-id-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Voter ID Important"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article One of the US Constitution makes voting in Federal Elections a right and a privilege for all US Citizens. Under the Constitution each State is responsible for Federal Elections for their Citizens. A number of State and Federal Laws exist to define and manage voter rights, voter registration, and the voting process; including several Civil Rights Acts and the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). Currently, all States require Voter Registration except North Dakota, and two-thirds of the States require some form of Voter Identification before you are allowed to vote in-person. However, Voter ID is not required in a majority of States for Mail-In Ballots. The NVRA mandates Voter Registration when a Drivers License is issued and for people receiving Public Assistance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can vote in U.S. elections if you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are a U.S. citizen; (Puerto Ricans can vote if they live in a State)<\/li>\n<li>Meet your state\u2019s residency requirements; <\/li>\n<li>Are 18 years old on or before Election Day; and <\/li>\n<li>Are registered to vote by your state\u2019s voter registration deadline.<\/li>\n<ul>\nNote: Some States prevent convicted Felons and mentally disabled people from Voting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requiring Voter Id for casting a ballot (in-person or mail-in) promotes election integrity and reduces voting fraud.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article One of the US Constitution makes voting in Federal Elections a right and a privilege for all US Citizens. Under the Constitution each State is responsible for Federal Elections for their Citizens. A number of State and Federal Laws exist to define and manage voter rights, voter registration, and the voting process; including several<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/westandunited.cloud\/california\/why-is-voter-id-important\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Full Article&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378,268],"tags":[814,496,510],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-voting-rights","category-voter-id","tag-post-expand","tag-voting","tag-zz2","comment-status-closed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westandunited.cloud\/california\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westandunited.cloud\/california\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westandunited.cloud\/california\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westandunited.cloud\/california\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westandunited.cloud\/california\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westandunited.cloud\/california\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westandunited.cloud\/california\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westandunited.cloud\/california\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westandunited.cloud\/california\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}