And if you’re using an alias, who cares? As long as you legitimately reside in that district and meet the other requirements, you’re eligible to vote no matter what your name is.

Pretty sensible system, no?

BTW, on the subject of election judging:

Illinois has been a real pioneer in recruiting high school students to work as election judges. This year, they expanded the program to juniors as well as seniors. It’s a wonderful thing to get newly-eligible voters (or soon-to-be-eligible voters) knowledgeable about and vested in the voting process. (Plus, it helps balance off all the blue-haired ladies who are the more typical election judges.)

I work as an election judge here in Illinois. We establish a voter’s identity by comparing their signature at the polling place with their signature on file. The similarity of the signatures is validated by two election judges. If it’s not clearly a match, or the individual has registered by mail and therefore no one has yet verified his/her identify, then and only then do we ask for a picture ID.

This seems to be an eminently fair system that makes it difficult for someone to commit fraud while not discriminating against those who may lack (or lack the means to acquire) a picture ID.