[EL] voter ID in absentee voting

[Edward Still]

Alabama requires a copy of the photo ID be included with the absentee
ballot (in the mailing envelope and outside the ballot envelope). The NCSL
summary of voter ID
laws<http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/elections/voter-id.aspx#State_Reqs>does
not mention this for Alabama, but does for Ohio.

1. Are there other states that require a photo copy of the Voter ID?

2. I don't really understand the idea of requiring the copy for absentee
voting. If I go to vote at the polling place, the poll worker is supposed
to compare my picture to the person standing in front of her. What do the
absentee voting clerks compare the photo on the photo ID to?

Ed

Edward Still
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