To vote in Illinois: Step up to the first table in the room and hear, "Hi! Your name?" Give them your name, they look it up on their roster and hand you a ballot.....
Since when does one need links to prove common sense?
If I can walk into my polling place, announce my name and get a ballot without proving I am who I say I am........(BTW, that's exactly how one votes in Illinois.)
Did you forget that a signature is required to obtain a ballot and that the signature you provided is compared to the signature on the voter rolls/records?
It's not as if people in Illinois can merely walk in and say hi am am Moe Howard and then they get to vote, if there is no copy of the voters signature on record then(besides being registered in the precinct)they must prove who they are with documentation and then provide a signature which will be saved for future elections. You are correct in stating that just about anyone can cast a ballot in Illinois, however that ballot may wind up going directly into the trash(the reason questionable voters are required to use the electronic voting machines to cast a provisional ballot). I have worked as a election judge and find it sort of sad that people think there are shenanigans going on behind the scenes as if there was a conspiracy to allow people that don't qualify to vote cast a good clean ballot, there is a reason election judges are made up of bipartisan groups of ordinary people and not a room full of just democrats or republicans.
Check out one of the Cook County judges of elections handbook if you would like to find information on the subject for Illinois:
http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/elections/DocumentLibrary/2010%20EJ%20Manual.pdf
If there was fraud the first thing that comes to mind is someone trying to cast a ballot in another persons name such as someone that is deceased.
I do know one thing, when a legitimate shows up and is turned away from the polls for whatever reason it is a sad event indeed. I usually feel a sense of overall participation and even might feel honored etc when going to vote and the one true way to make a person feel really crappy IMO is to have someone say sorry you aren't allowed participate.
I have 1 form of picture ID and if I should get stopped for speeding on the way to vote and the officer impounds my(picture ID)license and issues me a citation then my chances of casting a ballot(if ID where required)just became zero.
My :twocents: isn't usually worth much, but I am willing to give it up anyway.
Peace.